CNG 108, Lot: 1200. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Gilt Proof CU Pattern Farthing (25mm, 6h). Second issue; ‘Cartwheel’ coinage. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right; K on truncation of arm / Britannia seated left on rocky outcropping with SOHO, 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 1188. In NGC encapsulation, 2143812-004, graded PF 63 Ultra Cameo.
From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.