Details
LOT 3579
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Twopence. 1760-1820.
Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. 'Cartwheel' type. Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. GEORGIUS III · D : G · 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. Peck 1077; SCBC 3776. Near Very Fine.(55.82gr, 41mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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