LOT 3974
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Halfpenny. Dated 1799. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA., Britannia seated to left, holding transverse trident in left hand and branch in her raised right hand; shield with Union flag resting on left; sea behind with ship on left; SOHO in small lettering and date below. SCBC 3778. Near Extremely Fine. Scratch on obverse.(12.36gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George IV CU Farthing. Dated 1827. London mint. Second issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to left; date below / BRITANNIAR : REX FID : DEF :, Britannia seated to right, holding transverse trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand; shamrock, rose, and thistle in exergue. SCBC 3825. 4.77gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired Liverpool, September 1941. Ex Dr Stewart Lyon. Ex Spink, 26 June 2008, no.620. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Windsor, George V AE Third Farthing. Dated 1913. London mint. For circulation in Malta.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: head to left / ONE THIRD FARTHING, crown above, date below; all within wreath. SCBC 4062. 0.97gr, 15mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1743. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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, crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star, roses in angles; date above. SCBC 3702. 5.85gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
