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Buckinghamshire, Stowe, Skidmore’s Farthing, 1796, Hermitage building with tree and grass in foreground, rev. built anno domo 1704 within two concentric circles, edge grained, 3.86g/1h (DH 29a; Preston-Morley 1056, this piece). Brilliant and practically as struck, most attractive even brown patina, extremely rare £800-1,000

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

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Provenance: W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 13; P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1056 [from Spink December 1971]