The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Central London, High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. cypher rw on a shield hanging from a tree, edge plain, 10.84g/6h (DH 340). Good fine and patinated, extremely rare £100-150

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

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Provenance: Bt J.A. Bobbe October 1996.

A concoction presumably made at the Soho mint, utilising the rev. die of the Enniscorthy halfpence of Robert Woodcock (DH Wexford 1-4), from an issue shipped from Soho in February 1800/1 (Doty, CTCJ June 2000, p.77). At one time considered rarer than DH 339, more specimens of DH 340 have appeared on the market in recent years