Triple Struck

389, Lot: 1304. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Halfpenny (29.5mm, 6.23 g, 5h). Contemporary imitation. Dated 1775. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Britannia seated left on globe, holding branch and transverse spear; garnished Union shield to right. Cf. SCBC 3774 (for official issue). Fine, brown surfaces, triple struck.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.