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3 October 2023

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The Philip Richardson Collection of George III Copper Coins

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№ 526

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3 October 2023

Hammer Price:
£1,100

George III (1760-1820), Soho Mint, Birmingham, Pattern Penny, 1797 (late Soho), by C.H. Küchler, in gilt-copper, large undraped bust right, fine hook of hair looping onto lower neck, wreath of 10 leaves and 5 berries, the lowest of which has an associated raised flaw, k : · on shoulder, large letters, rev. Britannia seated left on rock, olive branch with 11 leaves, k behind but no soho, large letters, ship with 8 relief gunports, edge plain, 28.84g/6h (BMC 1089 [KP 5]; Adams 6). Gilding thinning on high points, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, rare [certified and graded NGC PF 61] £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Philip Richardson Collection of George III Copper Coins.

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L. LaRiviere Collection, Spink Auction 166, 12 November 2003, lot 70; M.J. Martin Collection; bt M.J.M. March 2017