The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

CORNWALL, Truro, Cornish Metal Co, Halfpenny, 1791, 14.06g/6h (DH 2); DEVON, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Halfpenny, 1792, 12.60g/6h (DH 2), Plymouth, Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.90g/6h (DH 6); SOMERSET, Bath, William Glover, Halfpenny, 9.62g/6h (DH 28), William Gye, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.82g/6h (DH 34), mule Halfpence by Lutwyche (6), 9.58g/5h (DH 36), 9.28g/6h (DH 36a), 9.34g/6h, 8.97g/6h (both DH 36c), 8.98g/6h (DH 36d), 8.36g/6h (DH 36e), Francis Heath, Halfpence (2), 1794, 10.04g/6h (DH 39), 1795, 10.95g/6h (DH 40), mule Halfpenny by Lutwyche, 11.70g/6h (DH 43), John Jelly, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.45g/6h (DH 26), Mary Lambe & Son, Halfpence (2), 1794, 9.53g/6h (DH 50, plated), 1796, 9.56g/6h (DH 52), Payne & Turner, Halfpenny, 9.61g/6h (DH 65), Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, 10.22g/6h (DH 63a), Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpenny, Private Baths, 12.28g/6h (DH 79), Visit of George III to Bath, 1789, a copper medal by J. Davies, 29mm, 7.57g/6h (DH 27; BHM 320); Bridgwater, John Holloway & Son, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.22g/6h (DH 86); Crewkerne, Samuel Sparks and Bartholomew Gidley, Halfpenny, 1797, 10.13g/6h (DH 105) [23]. DH 79 extremely fine but lacquered, others in varied state, some very fine £150-200

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

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Provenance: Somerset DH 26 bt S. Cordova July 1993; DH 28 and 34 bt M.Z. Gerson September 1978; DH 36 and 63a D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lots 1168, 1178 (parts) [36 from S.E. Schwer July 1979, 63a from A. Judd September 1993], bt R. Gladdle November 1995; DH 36a bt R. Gladdle July 1993; DH 36c at 9.34g bt J.A. Bobbe April 1981; DH 36c at 8.97g and 36e bt S. Cordova October 1989; DH 50 D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lot 1172 (part) [acquired in Frome August 1979], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 804 (part); DH 52 bt J.A. Bobbe February 1998; DH 79 bt J.A. Bobbe September 1994