LOT 3576
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Shilling. 1760-1820.
London mint. Dated 1819. '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 • SOIT • Q MAL • Y • PENSE. Bull 2152; ESC 1235; SCBC 3790. Near Very Fine.(5.50gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound South Gloucestershire, UK.
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LOT 3576
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Shilling.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Group of Seventy Three [73] Mixed Coins in Six Tray Case. 1st century-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various types. 1589gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman, by descent. -
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). -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Blank Error One Pound. Dated 2017.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
ELIZABETH II D. G. REG . F . D, fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, with holographic image below and denomination as incuse micro-legend around the edge / ONE POUND, English rose, Welsh leek, Scottish thistle and Northern Irish shamrock emerging from one stem within royal coronet, with the minting year as incuse micro-legend around the rim. For prototype cf. KM 1378. 8.57gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous, extremely rare and exceptional. Apparently unique.
Property of a Wiltshire, UK, collector.
This One Pound coin of the new type (issued 2017) has been struck on a metal error blank, rather than on the bi-metallic flan that should have been used; such occurrences are extremely rare.
