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LOT 4037
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV AR Halfcrown. Dated 1820. Royal mint.
Designs by Benedetto Pistrucci and Jean Baptiste Merlen. GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, laureate head to left; B.P. in small lettering beneath head / Crowned and garnished shield bearing the Royal arms with rose below, thistle at left and shamrock at right; around below, ANNO 1820. SCBC 3807. Very Fine. Toned.(12.69gr, 32mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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