LOT 4024
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Shilling. Dated 1816. 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 • SOIT • Q MAL • Y • PENSE. Bull 2140; ESC 1228; SCBC 3790. Good Very Fine.(5.57gr, 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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England. Stuart Restored, Anne AR Shilling. Dated 1711. London mint. Plain Angles.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Third bust. Pre-Union issue. Design by John Croker. ANNA • DEI • GRATIA •, draped bust of Queen Anne to left / MAG BRI • FR ET • HIB REG •, crowned cruciform shields with central rayed Garter star, six strings to harp; date (J7-JJ) above. Bull 1399; ESC 1147; SCBC 3610. 6.03gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1787. London mint. No semée of hearts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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 arms and crowns in angles (no hearts); date below. Bull 2187; ESC 1626; SCBC 3748. 3.00gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II AV Half-Sovereign First Day Cover. Dated 21 May 2002. Royal mint. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Designs by Ian Rank-Broadley and Timothy Noad. ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · FID · DEF, fourth crowned head of Elizabeth II to right; IRB in small lettering below / Crowned Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom, laurel wreaths around, monogram of TN to right, date below. S-SB5 (was 4441); KM-1025. 3.99gr, 19.30mm, 12h.
Uncirculated. Coin sealed in card and cellophane slip.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
