The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (7), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (2), spence x edge, 10.67g/2h (DH 795), edge plain, 11.84g/6h (DH 795b), bust of John Horne Tooke (3), spence edge, 10.98g/6h (DH 796), edge grained, 9.80g/6h (DH 796a), edge engrailed, 9.25g/11h (DH 796b), Tree of Liberty (2), edge grained, 9.07g/6h (DH 797), edge plain, 12.22g/5h (DH 797a) [7]. DH 795 very fine, DH 795b and 797a about extremely fine, latter re-toned, others extremely fine or better, DH 796 with much original colour, DH 796a with flaw across Tooke’s face, this, DH 796b and 797 very rare
£350-400

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

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Provenance: DH 795 bt P. Flanagan August 1984; DH 795b bt J.A. Bobbe January 1994; DH *796 and 796b bt W. Anderson January 1996; DH 796a F.W. Lincoln ‘No. 1’ Collection, F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln March 1934], W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (675); DH 797 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 797a bt J.A. Bobbe March 1987