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LOT 3863
Great Britain. Group of Twelve [12] AR Threepence. 19th-20th century AD.
Various dates. Good Fine to Good Very Fine.(17.06gr total.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex collector.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George IV AE Third-Farthing. 1820-1830.
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. -
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Group of Twelve [12] Great Britain Coins. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various kings. 118gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
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England. Stuart (Orange) William and Mary Tin Halfpenny. 1689-1694.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated 1692. GVLIELMVS • ET • M[ARIA], jugate laureate busts to right / BRITAN-NIA, Britannia seated to left on globe, holding laurel branch in raised right hand, sceptre in left, shield at side; date in exergue. Edge inscribed. SCBC 3449. 10.14gr, 30mm, 9h.
Fair. Copper insert has bled into the tin creating a dark brown square to the centre of both sides.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
