Gem Proof Dump Farthing

CNG 93, Lot: 1891. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George I. 1714-1727. Lacquered CU ‘Dump’ Farthing (22mm, 4.73 g, 6h). London mint. Dated 1717. GEORGIVS · REX ·, laureate and armored bust right / BRITA N NIA ·, Britannia seated left on globe, holding olive branch and trident; garnished Union shield below; 1717 in exergue. Peck 789; cf. SCBC 3661 (for general type). Proof, brilliant chocolate brown surfaces, with underlying luster. A gem of a coin, and as struck. Extremely rare.

Ex Colin D. Cooke Collection (Colin Cooke, 26 May 2006), lot 464.