Details
LOT 4032
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria CU Penny. Dated 1901. London mint. Old Head type.
Designs by Sir Thomas Brock and Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DEF • IND • IMP •, diademed and veiled bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / ONE PENNY, Britannia seated to right, holding trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind; date in exergue. SCBC 3961. Extremely Fine.(9.20gr, 31mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Struck for use in Malta where the farthing was already circulating at a face value of three Maltese grani. The third farthing was made to be 1/3 of the weight of a farthing, providing Malta with a coin valued at one grano. Third-farthings were never legal tender in the United Kingdom.
