319, Lot: 683. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AR Sixpence (21mm, 3.02 g, 12h). London mint. Dated 1787. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter star; crown in each angle. ESC 1626; SCBC 3748. EF, toned.

From the childhood collection of the late Dr. Mark Blackburn, Keeper of Coins, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Proceeds of this sale will go to the Mark Blackburn Memorial Fund).