Devon, Puddington, William Waller, Halfpenny, 1797, bust right, from the finished die with reworked hair and eye inserted, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 8.36g/6h (DH Bedfordshire 5; Dickinson, TCSB September 2008, no.4, this piece). Very fine and very rare; only 9 specimens attested
£350-450

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

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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection; N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 774, recté DH 5 and illus. as 773 in error [from Baldwin April 1951]; bt R. Gladdle September 2001