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LOT 3972
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Farthing. Dated 1774. Tower (London) mint. First Issue.
GEORGIVS • III • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / BRITAN-NIA •, Britannia seated to left on globe, holding laurel branch in raised right hand, sceptre in left; shield at side, date in exergue. SCBC 3775. Near Very Fine.(4.76gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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