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Auction 1  25 Sep 2018
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Lot 396

Estimate: 500 GBP
Price realized: 400 GBP
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George III (1760-1820), copper Two Stivers, 1815, laureate and draped bust right, T.W below for engraver Thomas Wyon, legend and raised rim surrounding, GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX, rev. elephant left on muddy ground, date below, legend in two lines above, CEYLON / TWO STIVERS, weight 17.74g (Pr.82.1; KM 90). Toned with a few light flecks both sides, a hint of original lustre, extremely fine and rare this well preserved.

Provenance:
Ex St James Auction 10, 6th November 2008, lot 201.
Ex St James Auction 12, 12th November 2009, lot 22.
In both of the above auction appearances this coin was housed in an NGC slab graded as MS65BN.
Previous NGC certification 3210601-001.

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