LOT 4023
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Threepence. Dated 1763. London mint.
GEORGIVS • III • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to right / MAG • BRI • FR • ET • HIB • REX •, large crowned 3; date above. Bull 2255; ESC 2034; SCBC 3753. Good Extremely Fine.(1.47gr, 18mm, 6h.).
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 1 Shilling 6 Pence or Eighteenpence Bank Token. Dated 1812.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / BANK TOKEN 1 S. 6 D. 1812 in four lines, within oak wreath. SCBC 3771. 7.23gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very 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, Victoria AR Shilling. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. Jubilee Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT : REGINA F: D:, crowned and draped bust head to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / Crowned square shield within Garter inscribed HONI ✿ SOIT ✿ QUI MAL ✿ Y ✿ PENSE ✿✿✿; date below. Bull 3137; ESC 1351; SCBC 3926. 5.64gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1745. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
GEORGIUS • 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 • J7-45 •, crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star, roses in angles. SCBC 3702. 5.94gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
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.
