Watch List notes:

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Pattern Farthing (26mm, 7.52 g, 6h). Second issue; 'Cartwheel' coinage. Early Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1798. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right; K on truncation of arm; 1798 in incuse in exergue / Britannia seated left on rocky outcropping with SOHO, holding olive branch and trident; Union shield to right; in background to left, ship under sail right on sea; in exergue, 1. FARTHING . flanked by trefoils; all in incuse . Peck 1205. In NGC encapsulation, 4690728-005, graded PF 63 BN. Extremely rare.


From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.