CNG 88, Lot: 2061. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Twopence (41mm, 56.78 g, 6h). Second issue; ‘Cartwheel’ type. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX ., laureate and draped bust right / BRITANNIA., Britannia seated left on rocky outcropping, holding olive branch and trident; Union shield to right; in background to left, ship under sail right on sea; 1797 in exergue. Peck 1077; SCBC 3776. Superb EF, dark glossy brown patina, a few light rim nicks.

From the HLT Collection.