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Auction 1  25 Sep 2018
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Lot 313

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 110 GBP
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George III (1760-1820), silver Sixpences (3), 1787, varieties with and without hearts, laureate and draped bust right, legend surrounding, GEORGIVS. III . DEI. GRATIA., rev. cruciform shields, six strings to Irish harp, first with, second without semée of hearts in Hanoverian arms, crowns in angles, garter star at centre, date at bottom with stops either side, legend surrounding commencing lower left, M.B.F. ET. H. REX. F.D. B.ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E., weights 3.01 and 3.00g respectively; New coinage 1816, laureate head right, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D:, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, five strings to Irish harp, within buckled garter, French motto HONI. SOIT. Q MAL. Y. PENSE., initials of William Wellesley Pole "WW P" incuse on left shield border, incuse W on right shield border for engraver Thomas Wyon, weight 2.80g (Bull 2190, 2187, 2195; ESC 1629, 1626, 1632; third Davies 101; C&R 1031, 1029, 1034; S.3749, 3748, 3791). Generally all toned, with some flecks, first good extremely fine, second almost extremely fine, third extremely fine. (3)

Provenance:
All three pieces purchased from Peter Morris, Bromley, Kent, between 1995 and 1998.

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