CNG 108, Lot: 1190. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AR Pattern Sixpence (22.5mm, 3.77 g, 12h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; dies by Lewis Pingo. Dated 1787. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cruciform coats-of-arms around Garter star; crowns in quarters; no semée of hearts in Hanover arms. Eimer, Pingo 86 note; Selig –; ESC 1640A; Bull 2213; cf. SCBC 3748. EF, toned, hairlines on obverse. Very rare.

From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.

Only one other example of this variety without the semée of hearts appears on CoinArchives (Spink 190, 27 September 2007, lot 642)