Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, 1799, by W.J. Taylor after C.H. Küchler, in bronzed-copper, large crowned bust right, script k · on truncation, rev. Britannia seated left on rock, normal triangle of dots on rock, edge plain, 6h (BMC 1258 [R 78]; Selig 1394). Practically as struck, rare [slabbed NGC PF 64 BN] £400-£500

Provenance: ‘Cheshire’ Collection, Goldberg Auction 31 (Beverly Hills), 30 May-1 June 2005, lot 2494; Goldberg Auction (Beverly Hills), 12 September 2006, lot 4329; DNW Auction 93, 26 September 2011, lot 1700.

The marks on the reverse illustration are from the slab which is dirty