Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Pattern Halfpenny, 1789, by J.G. Hancock, in copper, beehive crest above R & Co monogram, rev. seated figure of Genius holding drill and cog-wheel with eight spokes, costumed right thigh incomplete, MACCLESFIELD edge, 12.83g/12h (DH 15; cf. Spink 192, 16). Extremely fine with much original colour, very rare
£150-200

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

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Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 59 [from Baldwin 1996]