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LOT 4026
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1817. London mint.
Design by Benedetto Pistrucci and Jean Baptiste Merlen. GEOR : III D : G : BRITT : REX F : D :, laureate head to right; date below / Crowned, garnished shield of arms within Garter inscribed HONI • SOIT • Q MAL • Y • PENSE •. SCBC 3791. Brilliant Uncirculated.(2.81gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
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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