Dramatic Double Strike

407, Lot: 759. Estimate $100. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Halfpenny (29mm, 7.59 g). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1773. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Britannia seated left on globe and leaning on shield, holding branch and spear. Peck 904; SCBC 3774. Good VF, brown patina. Double struck, reverse struck with clashed die.

From the B.H. Webb Collection.