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Auction 1  25 Sep 2018
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Lot 351

Estimate: 80 GBP
Price realized: 110 GBP
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George III (1760-1820), copper Halfpennies (2), 1799, laureate and draped bust right, raised dot on shoulder, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, rev. Britannia seated left with olive branch, trident and shield, SOHO raised on rock to right, ship to left with five incuse gunports, legend BRITANNNIA above, date below, edge grained, weight 13.13g (Peck 1248; C&R 1126; S.3778). Toned with some lustre, otherwise a pleasing extremely fine; 1806, small laureate and draped bust right, K raised on hatched truncation for engraver C H Kuchler, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III. D: G. REX., rev. Britannia seated left on rock with trident and shield, holding olive branch, ship sailing right on sea at left, SOHO raised on rock below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIA, weight 9.17g (Peck 1376; C&R 1127; S.3781). Toned almost extremely fine; George IV (1820-30), copper Halfpenny, 1826, laureate head left, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, rev. Britannia seated right with trident and shield, parallel incuse lines on saltire cross, emblems in exergue, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, weight 9.28g (Peck 1433; C&R 1249; S.3824). Toned with a bronzed look, some surface marks, extremely fine; William IV (1830-37), copper Halfpenny, 1837, bare head right, w.w. incuse on truncation for engraver William Wyon, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GULIELMUS IIII DEI GRATIA, rev. Britannia seated right with trident and shield, legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIAR: REX: FID: DEF:, emblems in exergue, weight 9.31g (Peck 1465; C&R 1376; S.3847). Toned with a touch of lustre, almost extremely fine. (4)

Provenance:
First and last coins Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1997, items 3626, 3635 respectively.
Second coin Ex Peter Morris, Bromley, 16th January 1998.
Third coin Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1997, item 5138.

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