Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, counterfeit Halfpence (17), 1790, rev. Genius (3), DUBLIN edge, 9.22g/6h (DH 61), LANCASTER edge, 9.55g/6h (DH 61b), edge plain, 5.87g/7h (DH 61c); rev. R & Co monogram (2), LONDON edge, 9.09g/5h (DH 62), DUBLIN edge, 9.00g/6h (DH 62b); 1791 (3), ANGLESEY edge, 8.85g/4h (DH 64, recté PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL), MACCLESFIELD edge, 10.82g/6h (DH 65), LONDON edge, 10.48g/6h (DH 65a); 1792 (8), bust of Roe, rev. Genius (4), MACCLESFIELD edge, 12.98g/6h (DH 67), ANGLESEY edge, 12.78g/6h (DH 67a), MACCLESFIELD edges (2), 11.81g/6h (DH 69), 12.18g/6h (DH 70); RG cypher, rev. Genius (4), BRISTOL edge, 10.20g/6h (DH 72), ANGLESEY edge, 9.22g/6h (DH 72a), ANGLESEA edge, 9.29g/6h (DH 72b), LIVERPOOL edge, 10.85g/6h (DH 72c); 1793, 8.91g/6h (DH 73) [17]. DH 70 weak but virtually as struck and with many die polishing marks, DH 65, 65a and 67 extremely fine with original colour, DH 61, 61b and 62 better than very fine, others in varied state, an excellent run, several rare
£180-220

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

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Provenance: DH 61, 61b, 62b, 67 and 67a bt J.A. Bobbe June 1996; DH 61c bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 62 bt M.Z. Gerson May 1979; DH 64 bt August 1997; DH 65 and 65a T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 33 (part), J.A. Bobbe Collection [from R. Gladdle], bt J.A.B. October 1985 [65] and December 1998 [65a]; DH 69 bt W. McKivor October 1996; *DH 70 Lord St Oswald Collection, Christie’s Auction, 13 October 1964, lot 172 (part), J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt W. Anderson December 1995 [from J.A.B.]; DH 72 bt J.A. Bobbe June 1998; DH 72a bt J.A. Bobbe July 1996; DH 72b and 73 bt P. Flanagan April 1982; DH 72c W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 60 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998