LOT 3586
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV AE Third-Farthing. 1820-1830.
London mint. Dated 1827. Design by William Wyon. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to right, date below / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia to right, holding trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in left; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3827. Near Extremely Fine.(1.38gr, 16mm, 12h.).
FootnotesStruck for use in Malta where the farthing was already circulating at a face value of three Maltese grani. The third farthing was made to be 1/3 of the weight of a farthing, providing Malta with a coin valued at one grano. Third-farthings were never legal tender in the United Kingdom.
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Group of Thirty [30] English Milled and Other Coins and Tokens. 16th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
Group comprising Elizabeth I sixpence; George III shilling, cartwheel penny; and others; sold with a modern copy of a Chinese gold ingot. 836gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Twopence. 1760-1820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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. 55.82gr, 41mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Halfcrown. 1837-1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
London mint. Dated 1887. Jubilee Coinage. Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned arms within Garter inscribed HONI • SOIT • QUI MAL • Y • PENSE •• and wreath; date below. Bull 2771; ESC 719; SCBC 3924. 13.97gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
