Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Sessions House, Old Bailey, 10.36g/6h (DH 868), snail on river-bank, 10.38g/7h (DH 869), boys at turnstile, 10.32g/6h (DH 871), three fleurs-de-lis (2), spence edge, 12.56g/12h (DH 872), skidmore edge, 11.61g/12h (DH 872a) [5]. DH 868 with characteristic weakness, otherwise virtually as struck with full original colour, DH 872a about very fine, others about extremely fine or better, last two very rare £300-400

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

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Provenance: DH *868 and 872 bt W. Anderson January 1996; DH 869 and 871 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 872a S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 226 (part); W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 144 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin December 1944], bt A. Davisson April 1998