Coins and Historical Medals

George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, 1795, by W.J. Taylor from dies by J.-P. Droz, in bronzed-copper, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, edge plain, 13.36g/12h (BMC 1051 [R 41]; Selig 1369, this piece). Minor reverse edge nick at 9 o’clock, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, rare £300-360

Provenance: A Collection of British Copper Coins, the property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 20, 31 March 1982, lot 408; ‘H. Selig’ Collection, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1369