Coins

Ireland, George III, Soho coinage, Proof Penny, 1805, in copper, edge centre-grained, 17.82g/6h (S 6620). Light traces of handling on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck, obverse with much original colour £300-£400

Provenance: J.T. McFarlane Collection, Spink Auction 27, 16 March 1983, lot 67 (part), recté an original striking; C.J. Boismason Collection, DNW Auction 138, 12-13 December 2016, lot 2527; M.A. Eeley-Hardcastle Collection