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The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Robinson S Brown, Jr

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№ 814 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£220

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (8), Barracks, no stop after kempson, 11.44g/6h (DH 177); Blue School (2), no stop after kempson, 11.75g/6h (DH 194), with inner legend, coventry edge, 13.63g/6h (DH 195); Blue Coat Charity School, stop after kempson, edge plain, 12.12g/6h (DH 197a); Free School, stop after kempson, 10.27g/6h (DH 200); General Hospital (3), no stop after kempson, 11.36g/6h (DH 180), stop after kempson (2), in copper, 11.92g/12h, in brass, 11.96g/12h (both DH 181) [8]. DH 180 fine, 195 about very fine and rare, 181 in brass and 194 very fine, former lacquered, others about extremely fine and better, DH 177 with considerable original colour, DH 181 with edge fault £90-120

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Provenance: *DH 177 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1982; DH 180 with Seaby 1967, bt J. Spingarn November 1997; DH 181 copper bt M.Z. Gerson December 1981; DH 181 brass bt M.Z. Gerson June 1980; DH 194 bt M.Z. Gerson December 1981; DH 195 J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 45 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 993 (part); DH 197a bt M.Z. Gerson September 1978; DH 200 bt P. Flanagan October 1980