Central London, Strand, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (14), undated, reads exibition, 7.87g/7h (DH 414); 1795 (2), reading exhibition, dublin edge, 9.70g/6h (DH 415), edge plain, 10.73g/6h (DH 415b); elephant (11), revs. rhinoceros to right (2), edge grained, 9.19g/8h (DH 416a), edge plain, 7.06g/6h (DH 416b), rhinoceros to left, 9.27g/7h (DH 417, polished obv. die), tiger, spence edge, 12.07g/6h (DH 418), antelope, edge grained, 8.11g/7h (DH 420), zebra, 8.61g/7h (DH 421, polished obv. die), two-headed cow (4), stars in legend (2), copper, 9.32g/6h, white metal, 6.50g/6h (both DH 422), quatrefoils in legend (2), edge grained, 9.49g/6h (DH 423), edge plain, 6.03g/6h (DH 423a), kangaroo, 11.40g/12h (DH 424) [14]. DH 418, 420 and 422 extremely fine with original colour, the first particularly attractive, DH 423 good fine, others very fine and better £300-400

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

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Provenance: DH 414 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1979; DH 415 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; DH 415b bt S. Cordova August 1993; DH 416a bt P. Flanagan June 1985; DH 416b bt J.A. Bobbe July 1996; DH 417 bt J.A. Bobbe September 2002; *DH 418 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1992; DH 420 bt P. Flanagan February 1994; DH 421 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 499 (part) [from Spink 1975]; DH 422 copper bt R. Gladdle March 1994; DH 422 white metal bt J.A. Bobbe July 1994; DH 423 bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 423a bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 424 bt R. Gladdle April 1988