Details
LOT 3585
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 Fine.(1.50gr, 16mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
Footnotes
Struck 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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