The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (7), heads of man and ass conjoined, revs. man in prison gnawing bone, edge plain, 10.62g/1h (DH 790b), Cain slaying Abel, edge grained, 9.08g/11h (DH 791), lion and cock, edge grained, 8.83g/6h (DH 792), two men dancing round fire, spence edge, 10.34g/9h (DH 793), pig (3), spence * edge, 11.29g/6h (DH 794a), edge grained, 9.58g/7h (DH 794b), edge plain, 10.35g/6h (DH 794c) [7]. DH 792 good fine, others about extremely fine or better, DH 793, 794a and 794c with original colour, several very rare £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 790b bt R. Gladdle September 1990; DH 791 S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 219 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 792 G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 106 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 611 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH *793, 794a, 794b and 794c F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998 [794c from Baldwin November 1929]