The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Turner Camac], Halfpence, 1792 (18), harp with 8 strings (14), 10.85g/6h (DH Dublin 287), 11.38g/6h (DH 288), 10.35g/6h (DH 289 bis), 11.57g/6h (DH 290), 9.80g/7h (DH – [Silvis 291 bis II]), 10.71g/6h (DH 292), 12.43g/9h (DH – [293 obv./303 rev.]), 10.85g/5h (DH 294), 10.78g/6h (DH 295), 11.14g/6h (DH 296), 11.66g/6h (DH 297), 10.35g/6h (DH 298), 10.87g/5h (DH 299), reads turne camac, 9.66g/6h (DH 304); harp with 4 double strings, 10.79g/5h (DH 300); harp with 9 strings, 11.15g/4h (DH 301); harp with 14 strings (2), 10.89g/6h (DH 303), 9.68g/6h (DH 303 bis) [18]. DH 303 bis very fine with black patina, others in varied state, the majority very rare £200-400

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

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Provenance: DH 287, 288 and 298 ‘Dublinia’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 21 February 1997, lot 210 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1397 (part); DH 289 bis, 291 bis II, 293/303 and 303 bt J.A. Bobbe March 2000; DH 290 and 295 bt W. McKivor January 1999; DH 292 bt S. Cordova January 1998; DH 294 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 89 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1397 (part); DH 296 bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 297 and 301 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1997; DH 299 M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1393 (part) [from M.Z.G. September 1985]; DH 300 with S.E. Schwer, bt S. Cordova November 1994; *DH 303 bis Davissons Mailbid Auction 10, 30 April 1998 (445); DH 304 bt J. Spingarn March 1997