Lot 954
Birmingham, P Kempson’s Series of...
Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£540
Estimate: £250 - £300
Description
Birmingham, P Kempson’s Series of Birmingham Buildings, Halfpenny undated in brass, View of the Blue Coat Charity School, rev. Arms of Birmingham in circular legend, edge plain, 29mm/12.62gm. (DH 197a). Another, copper, but obv. the Free School, 29mm/13.46gm. (DH 200). Another but obv. the New Brass Works, 29mm/11.23gm. (DH 202). Another similar with period on rev. 29mm/13.9gm. (DH 203). Another but obv. the New Brewery, 29mm/11.64gm. (DH 205). Another the same but in brass, 29mm/11.76gm. (DH 205), Another copper, similar but rev. spacing different, 29mm/11.94gm. (DH 206), all good Extremely Fine with much reflection, two brass pieces particularly so with golden lustre, second a little more matt – others all with degrees of lustre – first two particularly so. Two off‑metal pieces extremely rare ‘RRR’. [7]
DH 200, 202, 203 and 205 brass ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets - last ex William Davis Col. via Sotheby’s 30 May 1920, lot 39, via AHB 10 Jun 1920 for 15/15/- plus 10 others; Acquired AHB c. 1946.
