LOT 4043
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV CU Farthing. Dated 1823. 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. Brilliant Uncirculated.(4.82gr, 22mm, 7h.).
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 III CU Farthing. Dated 1806. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Design by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. GEORGIUS III • D: G • REX., laureate and draped bust right, incuse K on truncation / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated to left on rock, holding olive branch and trident with shield, raised K to left on ground to left of shield, SOHO raised on rock to right, ship sailing to right to left of Britannia. SCBC 3782. 4.72gr, 21mm, 6h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Sixpence. Dated 1757. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
Designs by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIUS · 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 · J7-57, crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre. Bull 1762; ESC 1622; SCBC 3711. 2.98gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Halfcrown. Dated 1900. London mint. Old Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Design by Sir Thomas Brock. VICTORIA DEI • GRA • BRITT • REG •, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / FID • DEF • IND• IMP •, crowned spade-shaped shield surrounded by Collar of the Garter within beaded border; date and denomination around below. Bull 2786; ESC 734; SCBC 3938. 14.07gr, 32mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
