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The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Robinson S Brown, Jr

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№ 457

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10 June 2015

Hammer Price:
£420

HAMPSHIRE, Emsworth, Kempson’s mule Halfpence (8), 10.53g/12h (DH 11), 8.66g/6h (DH 12c), 10.23g/10h (DH 12e), 9.27g/6h (DH 16), 10.06g/6h (DH 20c), 9.74g/6h (DH 23), 9.30g/6h, 9.18g/6h (both DH 30); Gosport, Benjamin and Jonathan Jones, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.32g/6h (DH 43), John Jordan, Halfpence, 1794 (3), 10.96g/6h, 10.75g/12h, 9.39g/6h (all DH 41); Petersfield, Joseph Eames, George Holland and Richard Andrews, Halfpence (3), 7.74g/6h (DH 47b), 9.18g/5h (DH 48), 9.28g/5h (DH 48c), Kempson’s mule Halfpence (2), 8.20g/6h, 7.72g/6h (both DH 49); Portsea, Samuel Salmon, John Courtney and Edward Frost, Halfpence, 1796 (2), 11.07g/12h (DH 79), 10.58g/6h (DH 80), George Sargeant, Halfpence, 1794 (3), 11.30g/6h (DH 73), 10.39g/6h, 9.47g/6h (both DH 75), Westwood’s Farthing, 1791, 6.16g/12h (DH 95); Portsmouth, Joseph Brent, Halfpenny, 1797, 10.24g/6h (DH 60a), G. Robinson, John Mooney and Sir John Carter, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.31g/6h (DH 58); Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.39g/6h (DH 55), Kempson’s mule Halfpence (4), revs. female with pole and cap of Liberty, 7.79g/12h (DH 56), Britannia (3), 9.11g/12h, 9.01g/12h (both DH 57b), 7.79g/6h (DH 57c), Thomas Sharp, Halfpence, 1797 (2), 10.78g/6h (DH 64), 11.24g/6h (DH 65); Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Boulton’s Halfpenny, 1791, 11.31g/6h (DH 89), Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 6.14g/6h (DH 90); West Cowes (Isle of Wight), Thomas Ayrton & Co, Hancock’s Halfpenny, 1798, 12.74g/11h (DH 94); County series, Naval Farthings (2), 3.54g/12h (DH 104), 3.85g/7h (DH 112) [37]. DH 11, 12c, 12e, 16, 56 and 112 very fine and better, others generally fine, some better £200-300

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Provenance: DH 11 and 112 bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 12e and 30 at 9.30g bt D.W. Loring October 1978; DH 16 bt J.A. Bobbe March 1997; DH 48 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 49 at 8.20g bt M.Z. Gerson June 1979; DH 55 bt S. Cordova November 1987; DH 56 bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 57b at 9.11g bt S. Cordova January 1988; DH 57b at 9.01g W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 166 (part); DH 64 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1981; DH 75 at 9.47g bt R. Gladdle May 1997; DH 90 bt P. Flanagan April 1982; DH 95 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 104 J.R. Farnell Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 42, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 185 (both recté 104), bt A. Davisson November 1998