Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, imitation Halfpence, 1793 (17), revs. forge (13), reading wilkinson master· (4), lancaster edge, 9.05g/6h (DH Warwickshire 395c), dublin edge, 8.69g/6h (DH 395e), sleaford edge, 9.42g/6h (DH 397), lancaster edge, 9.64g/5h (DH 397a), reading wilkinson master (6), birmingham edge, 8.40g/6h (DH 400), anglesey edge, 9.62g/6h (DH 404), lancaster edge, 9.72g/6h (DH 406a), lutwyche edge, 9.71g/6h (DH 406d), anglesey edges (2), 9.46g/7h (DH 407), 9.71g/5h (DH 408a), reading wilkenson (3), birmingham edge, 7.75g/6h (DH 417), leek edge, 9.38g/6h (DH 417a), current every where edge, 9.73g/12h (DH 417b); Vulcan seated (4), all reading wilkison, birmingham edges (2), 10.02g/6h (DH 459a), 7.99g/6h (DH 459b), anglesey edges (2), 8.90g/12h (DH 460a), 10.46g/5h (DH 461) [17]. DH 395c and 417a about extremely fine, former with a hint of original colour, others generally fine to very fine, DH 397a, 406d and 408a very rare £90-120

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

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Provenance: *DH 395c and 417a bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 395e bt B. Sailor December 1979; DH 397 bt J.A. Bobbe June 2001; DH 397a Spink Auction 89, 25 November 1991, lot 435 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1036 (part); DH 400 bt W. McKivor July 2004; DH 404 bt S. Cordova February 1993; DH 406a bt J. Spingarn August 1997; DH 406d bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 407 bt J.A. Bobbe October 2000; DH 408a W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1037 (part) [from Baldwin 1978]; DH 417 bt T. Madigan February 1993; DH 417b bt P. Flanagan July 1983; DH 459a J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 55 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1040 (part); DH 459b bt B. Sailor August 1997; DH 460a bt S. Cordova June 1992; DH 461 bt S. Cordova March 1990