Auction Catalogue

7 October 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 169 x

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7 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£190

Hampshire, Emsworth, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (3), Britannia 1795, rev. A WAY TO PREVENT, etc, 8.99g/6h (DH 22); bust of Earl Howe, rev. anchor and cable (2), edge grained, 9.88g/7h (DH 35), edge plain, 8.74g/6h (DH 35a) [3]. DH 22 practically mint state with most attractive rainbow tone, DH 35 extremely fine but obverse partly discoloured on edge, DH 35a fair £70-90

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

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Provenance: *DH 22 with M.Z. Gerson [from Baldwin], bt P. Flanagan January 1995; DH 35 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; DH 35a bt S. Cordova May 1990