LOT 4025
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Shilling. Dated 1817. London mint. 'Bull Head' type. Last coinage.
Designs 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. Very Fine.(5.55gr, 24mm, 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 CU Penny. Dated 1797. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. Cartwheel type. 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. 28.39gr, 36mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex 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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Group of Sixty Eight [68] Great Britain CU Coins. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Various kings. 907gr total.
Very Fine. In two velvet trays.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
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.
