CNG 108, Lot: 1196. Estimate $500. Sold for $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Pattern Penny (36mm, 24.03 g, 12h). Second issue; ‘Cartwheel’ coinage. Late Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. Laureate head right / Britannia seated left on rocky outcropping, holding olive branch and trident; Union shield to right; in background to left, ship under sail right on sea; 1797 in incuse in exergue. Peck 1081. EF, weak strike, minor marks, traces of red luster. Extremely rare.

From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.