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LOT 4010
Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1751.
GEORGIVS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITANNIA •, Britannia seated to left; date below. SCBC 3719. Very Fine.(9.56gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex 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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