LOT 4034
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Halfpenny. Dated 1799. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated to left on rocks surrounded by waves, holding trident in left hand and olive branch in right, shield bearing the Union flag resting to right, SOHO (mintmark) on raised tablet beneath shield, ship sailing to right on horizon; date below. SCBC 3778. Good Extremely Fine.(12.69gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Threehalfpence. Dated 1843. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left / Crowned denomination above date; all within oak wreath. Bull 3468; ESC 2259; SCBC 3915. 0.69gr, 12mm, 6h.
Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The standard weight of this coin was 1/44 troy ounce or 10.9 grains. Struck for colonial use in Ceylon, where it was worth 4 stivers (1 fanam) and the West Indies (Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad) where it was equivalent to 1/4 real. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Florin. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm and Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITT: REG: FID: DEF:, crowned cruciform shields around Star of the Garter, sceptres in angles; date with Roman I above. Bull 2953; ESC 868; SCBC 3925. 11.27gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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.
