LOT 4057
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Double Florin. Dated 1887. London mint.
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITT: REG: FID: DEF:, crowned cruciform shields around Star of the Garter, sceptres in angles; date with Roman I above. Bull 2695; ESC 394; SCBC 3922. Good Very Fine.(22.49gr, 36mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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, Victoria AR Threehalfpence. Dated 1843. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left / Crowned denomination above date; all within oak wreath. Bull 3468; ESC 2259; SCBC 3915. 0.69gr, 12mm, 6h.
Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The standard weight of this coin was 1/44 troy ounce or 10.9 grains. Struck for colonial use in Ceylon, where it was worth 4 stivers (1 fanam) and the West Indies (Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad) where it was equivalent to 1/4 real. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Sixpence. Dated 1757. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 3.00gr, 21mm, 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.
