LOT 4000
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1758.
Design by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIVS · II · DEI · GRATIA ·, laureate and draped bust to left / F · D · B · ET · L · D · S · R · I · A · T · ET · E · M · B · F · ET · H · REX·, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. SCBC 3704. Good Fine.(5.87gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1758.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Design by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIVS · II · DEI · GRATIA ·, laureate and draped bust to left / F · D · B · ET · L · D · S · R · I · A · T · ET · E · M · B · F · ET · H · REX·, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. SCBC 3704. 5.87gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Fourpence. Dated 1841. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left / Seated Britannia holding trident, shield with the Union flag beside; date below in exergue; FOUR PENCE around. Bull 3329; ESC 1935; SCBC 3913. 1.86gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1750. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
GEORGIVS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I A • T • ET • E • J7-50 •, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. ESC 1730; SCBC 3704. 5.98gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
