LOT 4002
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1750. London mint.
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. Very Fine. Toned.(5.98gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1751.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
GEORGIVS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITANNIA •, Britannia seated to left; date below. SCBC 3719. 9.56gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very 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, George III AV Guinea. Dated 1785. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
GEORGIVS · III DEI · GRATIA ·, laureate bust to right / M · B · F · ET · H · REX · F · D · B · ET · L · D · S · R · I · A · T · ET · E ·, crowned quartered shield showing the arms of England & Scotland, France, Ireland and Hanover, divided date above. Bull, Gold 708; MCE 389; SCBC 3728. 8.26gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Great Britain. Stuart, Anne AR Penny. Dated 1703. Tower (London) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANNA • DEI • GRATIA •, draped bust to left, with hair tied in fillet / • MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB • REG J7-03, crowned denomination. SCBC 3599. 0.50gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
