British Coins from the Collection of Ian Sawden

George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, 1799, by W.J. Taylor after C.H. Küchler, in gilt-copper, large crowned bust right, script k · on truncation, rev. Britannia seated left, normal triangle of dots on rock, edge plain, 13.20g/6h (BMC 1257 [R 78], this piece; Selig –). Trifling specks on reverse, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, the reverse surface concave, extremely rare; very few specimens known £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Coins from the Collection of Ian Sawden.

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Provenance: Baldwin vault; Baldwin Auction 60, 5-6 May 2009, lot 889