The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (6), Tree of Liberty, revs. noted advocates, etc, 12.39g/6h (DH 882), Britannia (3), spence edge, 10.60g/11h (DH 883), edge grained, 8.97g/6h (DH 883a), edge plain, 10.58g/11h (DH 883b), caduceus, spence edge, 12.69g/6h (DH 884), three armed citizens, edge grained, 9.12g/5h (DH 885a) [6]. DH 883a very fine but off-centre, very rare, others about extremely fine and better, DH 882 harshly lacquered, DH 885a with centres weakly struck up £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 882 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 169 (part), P.C. Deane Collection, bt J.A. Bobbe December 1987 [from P.C.D. October 1983]; DH 883 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1987; DH 883a F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 883b bt P. Flanagan February 1994; *DH 884 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 885a F.W. Lincoln ‘No. 1’ Collection, F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln April 1934], bt A. Davisson April 1998