Auction Catalogue

7 October 2004

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 1295

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7 October 2004

Hammer Price:
£360

Kent, Appledore, W. Peckham, Halfpence, 1794 (2), peckham’s edge, 9.97g/6h (DH 3), friggles edge, 9.30g/6h (DH 3a); Benenden, Thomas Reeves, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.92g/6h (DH 4); Brookland, Thomas King, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.48g/6h (DH 5); Canterbury, John Matthews, Halfpence, 1794 (2), mathews edge, 8.82g/6h (DH 6), lancaster edge, 11.70g/6h (DH 6a), James Robertson, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.40g/6h (DH 7), Edward Pillou, Halfpence, 1795 (3), small cypher, 9.62g/6h (DH 8), large cypher (2), 9.35g/6h (DH 9), 9.01g/6h (DH 10); Deal, Richard Long, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.60g/6h (DH 11) [11]. DH 3a fine, DH 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, DH 6a very rare (£90-120)

Provenance:
All Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 4 T.E. Tatton Collection, Sotheby Auction, 6-7 November 1911, lot 31 (part), F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 217 (part)
DH 6, 7 and 11 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 217 (part) [DH 6 and 11 from Baldwin, 7 from Spink].

Thomas Reeves, tailor and draper; Thomas King, grocer and draper; John Matthews, carpenter and builder; James Robertson, linen draper; Edward Pillou, tailor and draper; Richard Long, bookseller and proprietor of a circulating library (Longman pp.24-5). DH 6a only illustrated