Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (6), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heart and hand, payable in london and engrailed edge, 9.11g/7h (DH 876a), men under tree, 10.53g/6h (DH 877), Sessions House, Old Bailey (2), edge plain, 16.38g/12h (DH 878; BHM 380), edge grained, 11.89g/6h (DH 878a), boys at turnstile, 9.67g/6h (DH 879), bust of George III right, edge grained, 11.32g/7h (DH 881) [6]. DH 876a and 878 very fine, former very rare, DH 881 extremely fine, others nearly so, DH 878a also very rare £250-300

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

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Provenance: DH 876a and *878a F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 877 W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-15 July 1903, lot 194 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 878 bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 879 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 881 O.P. Eklund Collection, bt F. Seymour September 1994