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Very Rare Variety
Lot No. 3577
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint. Dated 1817. 'Bull Head' type. Last coinage. Engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci and Thomas Wyon. GEOR : III D : G : BRITT : REX F : D :, laureate head to right; date below / Ornate crowned Royal shield overlaid with smaller crowned shield, all within Garter inscribed HONI(unbarred H) • SOIT • Q MAL • Y • PENSE. Bull 2146; ESC -; SCBC 3790. 5.54gr, 24mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Very rare variety with unbarred H in HONI.

Found South Gloucestershire, UK.

Lot No. 3578
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated 1763. GEORGIVS • III • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to right / MAG • BRI • FR • ET • HIB • REX •, large crowned 3; date above. Bull 2255; ESC 2034; SCBC 3753. 1.52gr, 17mm, 6h.

Near Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.

Lot No. 3579
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. 'Cartwheel' type. Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX., laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA., Britannia seated to left, holding transverse trident in left hand and branch in her raised right hand; shield with Union flag resting on left; sea behind with ship on left; SOHO in small lettering and date below. Peck 1077; SCBC 3776. 55.82gr, 41mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Counterfeit BRITANNIA issue of George III. Dated 1775. GEORGIVS · III · REX ·, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / BRITAN-NIA ·, Britannia seated left on globe, holding olive branch and sceptre; Union shield to right. Cf. Ringo 5920. 6.05gr, 27mm, 6h.

Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Lot No. 3581
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Uncertain date. Contemporary counterfeit BRITANNIA issue of George III. GEORGIVS • III • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / BRITANNIA •, Britannia seated to left, holding trident and olive branch; date in exergue. Cf. SCBC 3774. 4.43gr, 27mm, 6h.

Near Fine.

From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

Lot No. 3582
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated 1774. Imitation of the Regal Coinage. CLAUDUIS : ROMANUS •, laureate bust to right; [I]•C• below / DELECTAT RUS • ✿ C, female figure (Britannia?) seated to left, holding branch with her right hand and spear with her left; 1774 • below. Atkins 55. 6.21gr, 27mm, 5h.

Near Fine.

Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector.

Lot No. 3583
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Second issue. Dated 1826. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to left, date below / BRITANNIAR : REX FID : DEF :, Britannia seated to right, holding transverse trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand; shamrock, rose, and thistle in exergue. SCBC 3825. 4.80gr, 22mm, 12h.

Good Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Lot No. 3584
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
London mint. Dated 1822. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, Seated figure of Britannia facing to right with lion at her feet, trident in left hand, shield with Union flag and olive branch in right; date in exergue. SCBC 3822. 4.62gr, 22mm, 6h.

Almost Uncirculated.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

London mint. Dated 1827. Design by William Wyon. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to right, date below / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia to right, holding trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in left; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3827. 1.50gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Struck for use in Malta where the farthing was already circulating at a face value of three Maltese grani. The third farthing was made to be 1/3 of the weight of a farthing, providing Malta with a coin valued at one grano. Third-farthings were never legal tender in the United Kingdom.
Lot No. 3586
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
London mint. Dated 1827. Design by William Wyon. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to right, date below / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia to right, holding trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in left; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3827. 1.38gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.



Struck for use in Malta where the farthing was already circulating at a face value of three Maltese grani. The third farthing was made to be 1/3 of the weight of a farthing, providing Malta with a coin valued at one grano. Third-farthings were never legal tender in the United Kingdom.
Lot No. 3587
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
London mint. Dated 1837. GULIELMUS IIII DEI GRATIA, date below / BRITANNIAR : REX FID : DEF :, Britannia seated to right and holding trident, shield with the Union flag beside; emblems below. SCBC 3847. 9.37gr, 28mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Lot No. 3588
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
London mint. Dated 1853. Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, young head of Victoria to left; W:W. in small lettering on truncation; date below. / BRITANNIAR: REG: FID: DEF:, Britannia seated to right, holding trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3949. 9.84gr, 28mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

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