The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (8), legend beneath radiation, revs. Bridewell boy, spence edge, 11.75g/6h (DH 708), Free-born Englishman, 12.42g/12h (DH 709), Highlander, 10.34g/6h (DH 710), Indian, spence edge, 11.98g/6h (DH 711), men under tree, 10.39g/7h (DH 712); sailor, 11.70g/6h (DH 713), snail on river-bank, edge plain, 10.26g/7h (DH 714b), boys at turnstile, 10.62g/12h (DH 715) [8]. DH 708 weakly struck and off-centre with some surface scratches, others about extremely fine, DH 713 and 715 better, DH 710 with collectors’ number ‘1270’ in reverse field £300-350

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

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Provenance: DH 708 bt P. Flanagan March 1984; DH 709 Davissons Mailbid Sale 6, 29 February 1996 (457); DH 710 D.T. Batty Collection, bt J.A. Bobbe February 1982; DH 711 bt J. Spingarn February 1997; DH 712 SCMB June 1964, P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 592 (part), bt A. Davisson September 1998; *DH 713 bt J. Bobbe June 2001; DH 714b bt R. Gladdle June 1991; DH 715 bt P. Flanagan August 1980