LOT 4017
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Shilling. Dated 1787. London mint. Type with with semée of hearts.
Designs by Lewis Pingo. 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 shields with large Garter star central, crowns in angles; date below. Bull 2129; ESC 1225; SCBC 3746. Extremely Fine. Toned.(6.02gr, 26mm, 12h.).
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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Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Shilling. Dated 1787. London mint. Type with with semée of hearts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by Lewis Pingo. 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 shields with large Garter star central, crowns in angles; date below. Bull 2129; ESC 1225; SCBC 3746. 6.01gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Sixpence. Dated 1757. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIUS · II · DEI · GRATIA ·, laureate and draped bust to left / M · B · F · ET · H · REX · F · D · B · ET · L · D · S · R · I · A · T · ET · E · J7-57, crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre. Bull 1762; ESC 1622; SCBC 3711. 3.00gr, 21mm, 6h.
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 Threehalfpence. Dated 1839. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left / Crowned denomination above date; all within oak wreath. Bull 3464; ESC 2255; SCBC 3915. 0.70gr, 12mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The standard weight of this coin was 1/44 troy ounce or 10.9 grains. Struck for colonial use in Ceylon, where it was worth 4 stivers (1 fanam) and the West Indies (Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad) where it was equivalent to 1/4 real.
