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.).
ProvenanceEx 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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Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1758. London mint. Old head.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
GEORGIVS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E • J7-58 •, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. Bull 1734; ESC 1213; SCBC 3704. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Deeply toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Great Britain. Isle of Man, George III CU Penny. Dated 1813.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. GEORGIVS III • D : G • REX., laureate and draped bust to right; date below / QVOCVNQVE IECERIS STABIT, triskeles. SCBCI 7415; KM 10. 20.10gr, 33mm.
Fine.
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Group of One Hundred [100] Great Britain CU Pennies and Halfpennies. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various dates. 1173gr total.
Fine to Very Fine. In three velvet trays.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
