The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury, Francis Wheeler, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. representation of the arms of the Wheeler family, crossed oak branches below, edge grained, 11.56g/6h (DH 6; Preston-Morley 1021, this piece). Brilliant, with virtually full original colour, extremely rare; only one other specimen known £600-800

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

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Provenance: S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-28 November 1930, lot 30 (part); W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 9 (part); P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1021 [from Baldwin April 1983].

The only other specimen known was that in Spink Auction 92, lot 2 [= W.J. Noble, lot 13]