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.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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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Great Britain. Group of Two [2] AR Coins. 17th-18th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various kings. 8.59gr total.
Near Fine to Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector. -
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Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Blank Error One Pound. Dated 2017.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
ELIZABETH II D. G. REG . F . D, fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, with holographic image below and denomination as incuse micro-legend around the edge / ONE POUND, English rose, Welsh leek, Scottish thistle and Northern Irish shamrock emerging from one stem within royal coronet, with the minting year as incuse micro-legend around the rim. For prototype cf. KM 1378. 8.57gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous, extremely rare and exceptional. Apparently unique.
Property of a Wiltshire, UK, collector.
This One Pound coin of the new type (issued 2017) has been struck on a metal error blank, rather than on the bi-metallic flan that should have been used; such occurrences are extremely rare. -
Great Britain. Hanover, William IV CU Halfpenny. 1830-1837.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
London mint. Dated 1837. GULIELMUS IIII DEI GRATIA, date below / BRITANNIAR : REX FID : DEF :, Britannia seated to right and holding trident, shield with the Union flag beside; emblems below. SCBC 3847. 9.37gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
