CNG 108, Lot: 1204. Estimate $400. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Gilt CU Proof Halfpenny (31mm, 6h). Third issue. Late Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1799. 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; 1799 in exergue. Peck 1243; SCBC 3778. In NGC encapsulation, 2143812-005, graded PF 63 Ultra Cameo.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.