The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Hampshire, Gosport, Benjamin and Jonathan Jones, Halfpence, 1796 (2), 9.45g/6h (DH 43), 8.31g/6h (DH 44); John Jordan, Halfpence, 1794 (6), mainmast to left of O, 9.90g/12h (DH 40), mainmast to centre of O (2), JORDANS edge, 10.55g/6h (DH 41), plain edge, 10.35g/6h (DH 41c), mainmast between O and P (3), JORDANS edge, 10.69g/6h (DH 42), plain edge, 10.36g/6h (DH 42c), PAYABLE AT SHARPS PORTSMOUTH AND CHALDECOTTS CHICHESTER edge, 9.89g/6h (DH 42, edge unlisted) [8]. DH 41 and 42c about extremely fine, others in varied state, last extremely rare
£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 40 bt P. Flanagan April 1980; DH 41 bt D.W. Loring October 1978; DH 41c T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 85 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 161 (part) [from R. Gladdle], bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998; DH 42 bt M.Z. Gerson July 1978; DH 42c bt J.A. Bobbe July 1994; DH 42 edge unlisted W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 161 (part) [acquired 1997], bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998