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Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Archibald Anderson, Farthings (6), 2.12g/6h, 2.41g/6h (both DH 12/13; cf. DNW T6, lot 472, footnote), 2.26g/6h (DH 14), 2.05g/6h (DH 15), 2.41g/6h (DH 16), 2.94g/6h (DH 17) [6]. DH 13 and 16 very fine or better but both with metal flaws, second very rare, others generally fine, DH 17 exhibiting early die flaw on reverse; all the variants for the issuer £60-80

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

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Provenance: DH 12/13 at 2.12g J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 84 (part), bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 12/13 at 2.41g bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 14 T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 203 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 377 (part), bt P. Flanagan February 1994; DH 15 A. Hannah Collection, CNG Auction 30 (New York), 11 June 1994, lot 638 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1284 (part), bt A. Davisson September 1998; *DH 16 W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1284 (part) [from S.E. Schwer], bt A. Davisson September 1998; DH 17 bt R. Gladdle July 2000