LOT 3876
Great Britain. Hanover, George VI AR Maundy Coin Set. 1936-1952.
Dated 1939. Extremely Fine. Display box included.(62gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. 1727-1760.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £18
London mint. Dated 1730. GEORGIVS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITAN-NIA •, Britannia seated to left on globe, holding olive branch and sceptre; Union shield to right, date below.. SCBC 3717. 9.49gr, 29mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV AE Third-Farthing. 1820-1830.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Crown. 1837-1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint. Dated 1895 and RY LIX. Old Head Coinage. Designs by Sir Thomas Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci. VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DED • IND • IMP •, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering on truncation / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small B. P. beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. Edge inscription: DECUS ET TUTAMEN ★ ANNO REGNI LIX ★. Bull 2599; ESC 309; SCBC 3937. 28.18gr, 39mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
