412, Lot: 1046. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Halfpenny (30.5mm, 12.56 g, 6h). Third issue. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1799. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right; • on shoulder truncation / Britannia seated left on rock outcropping, shield at side, holding olive branch in extended right hand, cradling trident in left arm; SOHO below shield; to left, ship with six gun ports in relief sailing right on horizon; 1799 in exergue. Peck 1249; SCBC 3778. Choice EF, red and brown. Considerable luster.