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LOT 3956
Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1754. 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. Near Extremely Fine.(9.79gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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