The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (6), t spence bookseller, etc, revs. bust of Charles Fox, 10.11g/6h (DH 695), bust of Lord George Gordon, 10.04g/6h (DH 696), Marine Society boy, spence edge, 12.21g/5h (DH 698), Minerva standing, 12.48g/5h (DH 699), Spaniard (2), spence edge, 9.80g/6h (DH 700), edge plain, 12.52g/6h (DH 700b) [6]. DH 700b good fine, others about extremely fine and better but DH 695 with metal fault on obverse, DH 696 stained on obverse, DH 698 tarnished from old cleaning and DH 700 with striking crack £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 695 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 248 (part) [from Baldwin], bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 696 SCMB June 1964, T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 322 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 590 (part); DH 698 and 700 bt F. Seymour September 1994; *DH 699 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 700b bt A. Davisson May 1992