Exceptional Peck 924

CNG 88, Lot: 2058. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Pattern CU Halfpenny (29mm, 6.25 g, 6h). Lewis Pingo, engraver. Dated 1796. GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, laureate, draped, and armored bust left / BRITAN NIA, Britannia seated left on globe, holding olive branch and scepter; garnished Union shield to right; 1796 in exergue. Peck 924; SCBC -. In NGC slab, graded MS 63 BN, warm brown patina with underlying luster. Very rare.

Ex Heritage 3000 (29 May 2008), lot 51723 (where it realized $4,250).