Auction Catalogue

3 October 2012

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 998 x

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3 October 2012

Hammer Price:
£750

Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Halfpence, 1789 (14), wreath with 26 acorns (2), 13.60g/12h (DH 355), 14.04g/12h (DH 356, this piece illustrated), wreath with 25 acorns, Boulton issue (6), 13.88g/12h (DH 358), 13.69g/12h (DH 360), 14.16g/12h (DH 361), 13.55g/12h (DH 362), 13.90g/1h (DH 363), 14.13g/12h (DH 364), wreath with 24 acorns (6), 14.01g/12h (DH 367, this piece illustrated), 13.42g/12h (DH 368), 13.36g/12h (DH 371), 12.93g/12h (DH 372), 13.62g/12h (DH 374), 14.18g/12h (DH 375) [14]. DH 374 extremely fine with considerable original colour but surfaces artificially treated, DH 358, 362, 364, 371 and 375 all very fine or better, first extremely rare, others in varied state, DH 367 and 368 very rare £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: DH 355 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1979; DH 356 R. Dalton Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 220 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1183 (part), bt A. Davisson September 1998; DH 358 A.W. Jan Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 221 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1185 (part); DH 360 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 360 (part) [from R. Dalton April 1914], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 221 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1185 (part); DH 361 and 368 bt J.A. Bobbe June 1996; DH 362, 363, 367 and 375 R. Dalton Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 221 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1185 (part); DH 364 bt J. Spingarn March 1998; DH 371 bt P. Flanagan June 1997; DH 372 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 70 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1199 (part), bt R. Gladdle August 1998; *DH 374 bt J.A. Bobbe March 1997