Watch List notes:

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Pattern Silver Plated CU Halfpenny. (31mm, 5 h) (31mm, 16.67 g, 5h). Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dies by Droz. Dated 1788, slightly later strike. GEORGIUS III · D · G · REX (diamond stops), laureate head right / BRITANNIA · 1788 · (diamond stops), Britannia seated left on globe, holding spear in right hand and wreath in left, resting left arm on Union shield; in exergue, rudder and palm frond crossed in saltire. Edge: + RENDER TO CAESAR THE THINGS WHICH ARE CAESARS : +. Peck 964. Proof, deep iridescent blue and violet toning.


Ex Eric P. Newman Collection (Part III, Heritage 3029, 14 January 2014), lot 30665.