Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (7), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heart and hand, no border (2), edge grained, 9.02g/6h (DH 804b), edge plain, 6.49g/12h (DH 804c, small flan), heart and hand, with border, edge plain, 10.07g/12h (DH 805a), Highlander (2), spence edge, 12.50g/12h (DH 806), edge grained, 12.64g/12h (DH 806a), lion and cock (2), spence edge, 10.37g/6h (DH 807), london and engrailed edge, 9.35g/5h (DH 807a) [7]. DH 804b and 807a virtually as struck with full original colour, others about extremely fine, DH 806a on a spread flan with associated striking cracks in edge, this very rare £200-250

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

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Provenance: DH 804b W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 612 (part) [from Baldwin 1978], bt A. Davisson September 1998; DH 804c bt M.Z. Gerson December 1979; DH 805a bt J.A. Bobbe December 1984; DH 806 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1982; DH 806a F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 807 F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt J. Spingarn April 1998; *DH 807a bt A. Davisson May 1992