Central London, Great Portland Street, Joseph Moore, Halfpence, 1795 (2), edge coarsely grained, 10.93g/12h (DH 389), edge finely grained, 10.10g/12h (DH 389a); Haymarket, Francis Shackelton, Halfpence, 1794 (3), all reading london, unicorn’s tail to l, 9.21g/12h (DH 476), unicorn’s tail to o (2), suffolk-street edge, 9.00g/12h (DH 477), dublin edge, 8.98g/12h (DH 477a); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (2), toe of slipper above t, edge grained, 7.96g/12h (DH 275), toe of slipper below t, 7.81g/6h (DH 276) [7]. DH 389a virtually as struck with full original colour and brilliance, DH 276 good fine, DH 477 very fine, others about extremely fine with a little original colour, DH 477a rare £70-90

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

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Provenance: DH 275 and 389 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 276 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1979; *DH 389a M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 214 (part), bt R. Gladdle August 1986; DH 476 bt J.A. Bobbe April 1981; DH 477 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 477a bt P. Flanagan June 1985