LOT 3577
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Shilling. 1760-1820.
London mint. Dated 1817. 'Bull Head' type. Last coinage. Engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci and Thomas Wyon. GEOR : III D : G : BRITT : REX F : D :, laureate head to right; date below / Ornate crowned Royal shield overlaid with smaller crowned shield, all within Garter inscribed HONI(unbarred H) • SOIT • Q MAL • Y • PENSE. Bull 2146; ESC -; SCBC 3790. Good Very Fine. Very rare variety with unbarred H in HONI.(5.54gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound South Gloucestershire, UK.
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Great Britain. Group of Sixty-Four [64] AE Coins. 18th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various kings. 567gr total.
Fair to Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Great Britain. Group of Three [3] AE Coins and Token. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two coins of George III and one token of Walthamstow, British Copper Company. 15.24gr total.
Fine to Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Great Britain. Hanover, time George II to George III CU 'Halfpenny'. 1727-1820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Counterfeit BRITANNIA issue of George III. Dated 1775. GEORGIVS · III · REX ·, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / BRITAN-NIA ·, Britannia seated left on globe, holding olive branch and sceptre; Union shield to right. Cf. Ringo 5920. 6.05gr, 27mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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