Noonans
Auction 197 12 Oct 2021
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
British Coins from the Collection of Ian Sawden
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, undated, by W.J. Taylor after J.-P. Droz, in bronzed-copper, laureate bust right, eagle's head below, no lightning shafts and other detail partially repolished, rust less pronounced below g of georgius, rev. nude Britannia seated left on globe, crude paddle behind, edge plain, 14.67g/12h (BMC – [dies of R 14]; Selig –; cf. DNW 134, 900 for similar die-state). Old graze in field in front of portrait and a brushmark by Britannia's right leg, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, extremely rare; not listed by Peck in bronzed-copper £1,200-£1,500
---
Provenance: St James's Auction 12, 5-6 November 2009, lot 551, recté BMC –
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, undated, by W.J. Taylor after J.-P. Droz, in bronzed-copper, laureate bust right, eagle's head below, no lightning shafts and other detail partially repolished, rust less pronounced below g of georgius, rev. nude Britannia seated left on globe, crude paddle behind, edge plain, 14.67g/12h (BMC – [dies of R 14]; Selig –; cf. DNW 134, 900 for similar die-state). Old graze in field in front of portrait and a brushmark by Britannia's right leg, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, extremely rare; not listed by Peck in bronzed-copper £1,200-£1,500
---
Provenance: St James's Auction 12, 5-6 November 2009, lot 551, recté BMC –