The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (5), bust of John Horne Tooke right, revs. noted advocates, etc (2), edge grained, 9.51g/2h (DH 873), edge plain, 14.31g/2h (DH 873a), t spence bookseller, etc, 9.83g/6h (DH 874), three armed citizens, spence edge, 10.72g/11h (DH 875), heart and hand, spence edge, 10.54g/5h (DH 876) [5]. DH 873 and 876 extremely fine with original colour but with minor spotting, others about extremely fine, DH 873a and 874 with dark patina, first two very rare £250-300

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

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Provenance: DH *873 and 874 S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 230 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 873a F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 875 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1984; DH 876 bt P. Flanagan January 1995