Auction Catalogue

26 September 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1699

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26 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£1,500

George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, 1799, after C.H. Küchler, in copper, large crowned bust right, rev. Britannia seated left on rock, edge plain, 13.14g/6h (cf. BMC 1258 [R 78]; Selig –). Trifling rust spots in reverse field, brilliant, the obverse FDC, extremely rare £1,200-1,500

Provenance: M.R. Boulton, and by descent; Davissons Mailbid Sale 20, 12 February 2004 (161), illustrated as 162