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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Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1787. With 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 (with hearts); date below. Bull 2190; ESC 1629; SCBC 3749. 2.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very 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, George IV AR Maundy Fourpence. Dated 1826. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Designs by Benedetto Pistrucci. GEORGIUS IIII D. G. BRITANNIAR. REX F. D., laureate head to left / Crowned denomination dividing date within oak wreath. SCBC 3817. 1.88gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Toned.
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, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1758. London mint. Old head.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
GEORGIVS • 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 • J7-58 •, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. Bull 1734; ESC 1213; SCBC 3704. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Deeply toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
