LOT 3955
Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1753. London mint.
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 3719. Good Very Fine. Graffiti on both sides.(9.59gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Penny. Dated 1797. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. Cartwheel type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GEORGIUS III • D : G • REX., laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA., Britannia seated to left on rocks surrounded by waves, holding trident in left hand and olive branch in right, shield bearing the Union flag resting to right, SOHO (mintmark) on raised tablet below shield, ship sailing to right on horizon; date below. SCBC 3777. 28.12gr, 36mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria CU Halfpenny. Dated 1854. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Designs by William Wyon. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, young head of Victoria to left; W:W. in small lettering on truncation; date below. / BRITANNIAR: REG: FID: DEF:, Britannia seated to right, holding trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3949. 9.31gr, 28.5mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Group of Three [3] Great Britain, Edward VII AE Third Farthings. Dated 1902. London (Tower Hill) mint. For use in Malta.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
EDWARDVS VII D : G : BRITT : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP :, bare head to right / ONE THIRD FARTHING 1902 in three lines, crown above; all within oak wreath. SCBC 3993. 2.81gr total.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
