LOT 4042
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV CU Farthing. Dated 1821. London mint.
Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia facing to right with lion at her feet, trident in left hand, shield with Union flag and olive branch in right; date in exergue. SCBC 3822. Good Very Fine.(4.72gr, 22mm, 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 1750. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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 • J7-50 •, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. ESC 1730; SCBC 3704. 5.98gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. 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. Hanover, George III CU Halfpenny. Dated 1799. 5 Incuse Gunports.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate bust to right / BRITANNIA, seated figure of Britannia to left, trident in left hand, olive branch in right, shield bearing the Union flag resting on left, date in exergue. SCBC 3778. 12.62gr, 31mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
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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Group of One Hundred and Seventy-Eight [178] English Milled and World Coins. 1866-1967.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Four coin trays and a metallic box containing Great Britain, Pennies, Halfpennies and Farthings (years 1866-1967) and five world coins. 2.900gr total, 7-30.5 x 23.7 cm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, UK.
