Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (16), Old Jewry, St Olive’s (2), coventry edge, 13.65g/6h (DH 614), edge plain, 10.48g/12h (DH 614a); Old Street, St Luke’s (2), skidmore edge, 12.63g/12h (DH 615), edge partly grained, 8.86g/12h (DH 615a); Paddington, New Church (2), undated, coventry edge, 13.00g/6h (DH 616), 1797, edge plain, 14.03g/12h (DH 617); Paul’s Wharf, St Bennet’s (2), both 1797, built 1670, edge plain, 11.61g/10h (DH 618), a·d· 1691, edge plain, 9.05g/12h (DH 619); Poultry, St Mildred’s, 1797, edge plain, 12.40g/12h (DH 620); Queenhithe, St Michael’s, edge plain, 14.83g/12h (DH 621a); Queen Square, St George’s, edge plain, 11.53g/5h (DH 622); St Giles, St Giles in the Fields (2), coventry edge, 13.20g/6h (DH 587), edge plain, 14.39g/12h (DH 587a); Shoreditch, Church, coventry edge, 13.77g/11h (DH 626); Snow Hill, St Sepulchre (2), undated, coventry edge, 13.91g/6h (DH 624), 1797, edge plain, 9.82g/6h (DH 625) [16]. DH 587, 619 and 624 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, several with much original colour, especially DH 587a and 615a, this last, DH 587, 614 and 616 rare
£250-300

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

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Provenance: DH 587 bt S. Cordova May 1993; DH 587a bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 614 F.S. Cokayne Collection [from J. Atkins November 1905], T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 311 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 579 (part); DH 614a J.A. Bobbe Collection [from Baldwin], bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 615 with 1967 ticket, bt R. Gladdle December 1989; *DH 615a T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 311 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 579 (part); DH 616 bt R. Gladdle July 1996; DH 617, 621a and 625 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 618 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. March 1987; DH 619 bt R. Gladdle December 1989; DH 620 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 622 bt M.Z. Gerson December 1981; DH 624 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 626 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. December 1987