CNG 97, Lot: 1036. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AR Crown (38mm, 28.41 g, 6h). New coinage. London mint. Dually dated 1818 and RY LVII. Laureate head right / St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right; all within Collar of the Order of the Garter. ESC 211: SCBC 3787. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63. Toned. Superb prooflike strike.

From the D.F. Alder Collection, purchased from L. S. Forrer, 1948.