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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.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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