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№ 184

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16 March 2006

Hammer Price:
£160

Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (4), Figure of Fortune type (3), 11.33g/6h (DH 467), 11.01g/6h (DH 468), 10.28g/12h (DH 469), Bluecoat boy type, 11.03g/6h (DH 471); Covent Garden, Thomas Dodd, Halfpence (3), in copper (2), thick flan, 13.49g/6h, thin flan, 7.53g/6h, and in brass, thin flan, 7.63g/6h (all DH 300) [7]. First four extremely fine, DH 467 and 468 with considerable original colour, others patinated, DH 300s in copper good very fine, brass about very fine but rare (£90-120)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection
D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1397, additionally:
DH 300 copper thin flan, *467 and 468 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lots 240 and 252 (parts) [252 from Spink, others from Baldwin]
DH 469 and 471 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 174 (part) [469 from Spink January 1910, 471 from J.H. Daniels June 1906]