Details
LOT 3975
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Halfpenny. Dated 1806. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
Designs by Conrad Küchler. GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX., laureate and draped bust to right; date below / 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 K flanking shield. SCBC 3781. Good Very Fine.(9.40gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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