County series, Lutwyche's Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry mule Penny 1796, sword, lance and trumpet crossed, spurs below, rev. arms of West Cowes, edge PAYABLE [BY T FOSTER] LAMBERHURST,struck over W LUTWYCHE BIRMINGHAM, 33mm/17.09gm. (DH 2, this piece; Young –). Struck over a penny of Thomas Hall (DH Middlesex 26), Good Extremely Fine with reflective patination and hint of original colour,
of the highest rarity - this is one of only two known (One sold in the Norman sale in 1903, lot 233, which was acquired for the Lincoln collection) and is the DH plate coin.
Ex. W.J. Davis Col. via Sotheby's, 11-15 Mar. 1901, lot 239; 1930, lot 292 (part); Ex. W. Waite-Sanderson Col. via, Glendining's, 16-17 Nov. 1944, lot 173; Ex. Davissons Mailbid Sale 19, 1 May 2003 (317) [from Baldwin]; Ex. DNW 5 Oct. 2011, lot 682.