The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Somerset, Bath, Mary Lambe & Son, Lutwyche’s Penny, 1794, on demand edge, 21.07g/6h (DH 8; Young 1156); Halfpence (8), 1794 (6), lambe edge, 10.52g/6h (DH 50; Young 1172), leek edge, 11.41g/6h (DH 50b; Young 1172, this piece), lancaster edge, 12.21g/6h (DH 50c; Young 1172), staplehurst edge, 9.88g/6h (DH 50d; Young 1172, this piece), york edge, 10.67g/6h (DH 50e; Young 1172), edge plain, 10.85g/6h (DH 50k; Young 1172), 1795, 9.48g/6h (DH 51; Young 1173), 1796, lambe edge, 9.67g/6h (DH 52; Young 1173); Farthings (3), 1794, 4.62g/6h (DH 111; Young 1212), 1796, edge grained, 3.06g/6h (DH 113; Young 1215), 1797, edge grained, 2.92g/6h (DH 114; Young 1216); Lacon Lander Lambe, Farthings, 1795 (2), in brass, edge grained, 4.54g/12h (DH 112; Young 1213), in copper, edge plain, 4.57g/6h (DH 112a; Young 1214) [14]. DH 50 very fine, others generally about extremely fine or better, DH 112 lightly spotted but with brilliant surfaces, several others with original colour or attractive surfaces, DH 50b and 50d 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 8 bt R. Gladdle April 1993; DH 50 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1978; DH 50b D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lot 1172 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 804 (part); DH 50c bt M.Z. Gerson July 1979; DH 50d D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lot 1172 (part) [from Seaby February 1982], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 804 (part); DH 50e bt A. Davisson July 1995; DH 50k bt S. Cordova December 1991; DH 51 bt J.A. Bobbe March 1997; DH 52 bt J. Spingarn January 2001; DH 111 bt M.Z. Gerson May 1979; *DH 112 bt J.A. Bobbe June 1996; DH 112a bt M.Z. Gerson September 1979; DH 113 P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 798 (part); DH 114 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired April 1980], bt J.A.B. March 1987