British Coins

George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Pattern Penny mule, 1805 (late Soho), by C.H. Küchler, in copper, large laureate bust right [from the 1797 Penny], rev. Britannia seated left, edge plain, 20.34g/6h (BMC 1292 [KP 26]; Selig –; Adams –). Trifling surface marks in reverse field, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, believed only one other specimen known [Peck collection, now Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery] £2,000-3,000

Provenance: DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 1261