Extremely Rare Soho Pattern

CNG 90, Lot: 2640. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George IV. 1820-1830. Pattern AR Penny – Medal (36mm, 19.24 g, 12h). Soho (Birmingham) mint. GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, laureate and draped bust left / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated left on rock pile, holding trident and olive branch; Union shield below; in background, ship under sail right. Nobleman, lot 181 = Peck p. 399; cf. SCBC 3780 (for rev. type [George III English Penny]); BHM -; Eimer -. EF, a few light hairlines. Extremely rare.

From the Innisfree Collection (purchased from Baldwin’s).