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LOT 4012
Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1752.
GEORGIVS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITANNIA •, Britannia seated to left; date below. SCBC 3719. Good Fine.(9.69gr, 29mm, 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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England. Hanover, George II AR Halfcrown. Dated 1745 LIMA and RY 19. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Designs by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIUS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate bust to left, LIMA below / M • B • F • ET • H • REX F • D • B ET • L • D • S • R • I A • T • ET • E • J7-45 •, crowned cruciform arms. Edge inscription: DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO • REGNI • DECIMO • NONO •. Bull 1687; ESC 605; SCBC 3695. 15.03gr, 34mm, 6h.
Good 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.
LIMA pieces were struck from a large hoard of silver captured from the Spanish by Admiral Anson's squadron operating in the Pacific Ocean. The word "Lima" engraved under the bust is a reference to the fact that the Spanish silver was being shipped from Lima, Peru back to Spain when it was intercepted by Anson. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1787. London mint. With semée of hearts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
GEORGIVS • III • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E •, cruciform arms and crowns in angles (with hearts); date below. Bull 2190; ESC 1629; SCBC 3749. 3.00gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Extremely 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 Florin. Dated 1849. London mint. Godless type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Designs by William Wyon and William Dyce. VICTORIA REGINA 1849, crowned 'Gothic' head of Queen Victoria to left; W.W. in small lettering behind / ONE FLORIN ONE TENTH OF A POUND, crowned, cruciform shields, rose in centre, floral emblems in angles. Bull 2815; ESC 802; SCBC 3890. 11.24gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
