LOT 3968
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Twopence. Dated 1797. Soho (Birmingham) mint. '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. SCBC 3776. Good Very Fine.(55.58gr, 41mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Farthing. Dated 1799. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate and draped bust to right; date below / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated to left on rock, holding olive branch and trident with shield, SOHO raised on rock to right, ship to left of Britannia; denomination below. SCBC 3779. 6.54gr, 24mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AE Farthing. Dated 1898. Royal mint. Old Head coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
VICTORIA DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DEF • IND • IMP •, crowned and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / FARTHING, Britannia seated to right, holding trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand, date in exergue. Freeman 576; SCBC 3964. 2.81gr, 20mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1874. Royal mint. Type A3. Die number: 21.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Design by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, third young head to left, hair tied in fillet; date below / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned embellished shield-of-arms; die number below. KM 735.2; Marsh 449; SCBC 3860D. 3.90gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
