Political and Social series: Tokens, Kempson’s Sir Isaac Newton series, Halfpence, 1793 (7), trace of dot under r, edge engrailed, 10.04g/6h (DH 1033), no dot under r, edge engrailed, 9.96g/6h (DH 1034), clear dot under r (5), hull edge, 10.26g/1h (DH 1035), bristol edge, 11.09g/6h (DH 1035a), liverpool edge, 9.27g/6h (DH 1035b), edge engrailed, 10.13g/6h (DH 1035c), edge plain, 9.44g/6h (DH 1035d); Farthings (10), 1793 (6), revs. cornucopia (2), edge grained, 4.26g/12h (DH 1151), edge plain, 2.83g/6h (DH 1151b), plume in shield (2), 3.76g/6h (DH 1153), counterfeit, 1.85g/5h (DH 1157); Britannia, 3.67g/6h (DH 1160; Cobwright I0010/F0050), th cypher, 3.77g/12h (DH 1159); 1771 counterfeit, 3.76g/6h (DH 1154; Cobwright I0050/F0020), 1793 counterfeits (2), 3.30g/6h (DH 1155), 3.02g/6h (DH 1162; Cobwright I0030/F0060), 1794 counterfeit, 3.36g/6h (DH 1163; Cobwright I0040/F0070); together with an obv. brockage of a 1793 counterfeit Farthing, 1.91g (DH 1156-7; Cobwright I0060) [18]. DH 1033 extremely fine with original colour, DH 1035d, 1162 and 1163 mediocre, others generally very fine and better, some rare; DH 1154 considerably superior to the DH plate coin £120-150

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

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Provenance: DH 1033 Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 12 April 2000 (1147); DH 1034 bt D.W. Loring October 1978; DH 1035 bt S. Cordova June 1988; DH 1035a bt J.A. Bobbe July 1996; DH 1035b bt J.A. Bobbe November 2000; DH 1035c R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 105 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1996; DH 1035d bt B. Sailor August 1997; DH 1151 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 1151b bt S. Cordova October 1990; DH 1153 bt J.A. Bobbe August 2000; DH 1154 bt J.A. Bobbe September 2000; DH 1155 bt P. Flanagan February 1994; DH 1156-7 brockage bt P. Flanagan January 1995; DH 1157 bt J. Spingarn August 1997; DH 1159 bt M.Z. Gerson February 1979; *DH 1160 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 1162 bt S. Cordova February 1992; DH 1163 bt P. Flanagan April 1982