Details
LOT 4040
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV CU Halfpenny. Dated 1826. London mint.
GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to left; date below / BRITANNIAR : REX FID : DEF :, Britannia seated to right, resting hand on Union shield, holding trident; shamrock, rose, and thistle in exergue. Peck 1461; SCBC 3824. Good Very Fine.(9.12gr, 29mm, 12h.).
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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