The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (11), Abchurch Lane, St Mary’s, edge partly grained, 10.15g/12h (DH 538a); Aldermanbury, St Mary’s (2), skidmore edge, 12.87g/12h (DH 539), edge coarsely grained, 11.45g/12h (DH 539c); Aldersgate, St Ann’s, edge plain, 14.47g/10h (DH 540); St Botolph’s, edge plain, 11.49g/11h (DH 541); Basinghall Street, St Michael’s, coventry edge, 13.33g/11h (DH 545); Billingsgate, St Mary-at-Hill, edge plain, 11.28g/12h (DH 548a); Bishopsgate, St Botolph’s (2), undated, edge plain, 11.26g/12h (DH 549a), 1797, edge plain, 11.57g/12h (DH 550); St Ethelburge’s, edge plain, 9.90g/6h (DH 551); Great St Helen’s, edge plain, 12.10g/11h (DH 552) [11]. DH 548a harshly lacquered, DH 538a and 539 lightly lacquered, others about extremely fine and better, DH 540 and 550 with full original colour, DH 551 and 552 with usual obverse die flaws, both rare £150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 538a bt R. Gladdle September 1986; DH 539 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1980; DH 539c R.W. Randall Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 394 (part), J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. January 1984; DH 540 bt R. Gladdle August 1986; DH 541 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired January 1980], bt J.A.B. January 1984; DH 545 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. December 1987; DH 548a SCMB September 1975, M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 233 (part), bt R. Gladdle September 1986; DH 549a bt J.A. Bobbe July 1982; *DH 550 T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 300 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 562 (part); DH 551 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 180 (part) [from Baldwin April 1906], T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 300 (part), J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. March 1995; DH 552 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1994