Details
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.).
Provenance
From 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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