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LOT 3979
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1816. London mint.
Designs 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. Near Mint State.(2.82gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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