CNG 108, Lot: 1193. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Bronzed CU Pattern Penny (31mm, 14.85 g, 6h). Restrike issue. By W. Taylor after Droz. Dated 1790. Laureate head right; D . F . on truncation of neck; below, screeching eagle’s head right, set on flaming thunderbolt / Britannia seated left on globe, pointing and holding Union shield and rudder decorated with entwined dolphin; DROZ and E blow groundline; in exergue, 1790 flanked by trefoils above DROX . IN . Peck 990. EF, attractive red-brown toning, a few minor finger marks. Rare.

From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.