Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, trial of the unfinished obv. for his Halfpenny [1797], family arms, crest of an armed warrior above, no hatching, ghb below, birmingham halfpenny, edge plain, 12.19g (DH 65 bis II, this piece). Small surface metal fault in field, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, of the highest rarity
£900-1,200

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

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Provenance: F.W. Lincoln ‘No. 1’ Collection; F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln March 1934]; T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 107 [from Baldwin]; P.C. Deane Collection; J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. May 2005