Yorkshire, Sheffield, John Hands, Halfpence, 1794 (5), men at anvil type (2), 10.47g/7h (DH 57), 11.08g/6h (DH 58), crossed hands type (3), edges engrailed (2), 10.71g/12h (DH 59), 9.89g/12h (DH 60), in brass, edge plain, 10.31g/12h (DH 59a); issuer uncertain, Halfpence, 1793 (2), edge engrailed, 10.04g/12h (DH 56), edge plain, 10.20g/12h (DH 56b) [7]. DH 59a mediocre but rare, DH 56 fine, others about very fine and better but DH 56b and 57 lacquered £60-80

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

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Provenance: DH 56 bt P. Flanagan November 1981; DH 56b bt J.A. Bobbe May 1997 [from F. Seymour]; DH 57 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. March 1997; DH 58 bt J.A. Bobbe June 2001; DH 59 and 60 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 59a bt S. Cordova July 1995