Munster (Co Clare, Cork, Kerry, etc), Prattent’s Halfpence (3), undated (2), dublin edge, 8.17g/4h (DH 1), edge plain (2), 8.80g/6h (DH 1a), 1795, 9.13g/6h (DH 3); mule Halfpence (2), bust of Bryen Boiromhe, revs. wheatsheaf and doves, 9.12g/6h (DH 2a), wheatsheaf, 9.21g/6h (DH 4) [5]. DH 2a and 4 extremely fine, former heavily lacquered, latter with reflective surfaces and original colour, very rare, DH 3 very fine, others in varied state £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 1 W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1453 (part) [from S.E. Schwer 1984]; DH 1a bt B. Sailor August 1997; DH 2a J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 93 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe July 1982; DH 3 bt R. Gladdle May 1997; *DH 4 M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1449