CNG 97, Lot: 1032. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Pattern Silver Plated CU Halfpenny. (31mm, 5 h). Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dies by Droz. Dated 1788, slightly later strike. GEORGIUS III · D · G · REX (diamond stops), laureate head right / BRITANNIA · 1788 · (diamond stops), Britannia seated left on globe, holding spear in right hand and wreath in left, resting left arm on Union shield; in exergue, rudder and palm frond crossed in saltire. Peck 964. In NGC encapsulation graded PF64. Attractive cabinet toning.

Ex Eric P. Newman Collection.