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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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. Windsor, George VI CU Penny. Dated 1937. Royal Mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Charles Walter Coombes. GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F: D : IND : IMP., head to left; HP in small lettering beneath truncation / ONE PENNY, seated figure of Britannia to right, with trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind with lighthouse to left; date in exergue. KM 845. 9.42gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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.
