The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Hampshire, Portsea, Samuel Salmon, John Courtney and Edward Frost, Halfpence, 1796 (8), spines on back of dragon (4), SALMONS edge, 10.73g/6h (DH 79), SALMON edge, 11.01g/6h (DH 79a), plain edge, 10.61g/6h (DH 79b), PORTSMOUTH edge, 9.97g/6h (DH 79c); no spines (4), SALMONS edge, 9.75g/6h (DH 80), PORTSMOUTH edge, 9.94g/6h (DH 80a), ANGLESEY edge, 9.14g/6h (DH 80b), plain edge, 9.32g/6h (DH 80c) [8]. DH 79a extremely fine with considerable original colour, DH 79 good very fine, others in varied state, several rare; the complete series of variants for these issuers £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 79 bt W. McKivor May 1997; *DH 79a bt R. Gladdle July 1993; DH 79b bt J.A. Bobbe November 1996; DH 79c bt S. Cordova December 1990; DH 80 and 80b bt J.A. Bobbe June 2001; DH 80a bt J.A. Bobbe August 1997; DH 80c bt A. Davisson July 1996