CNG 108, Lot: 1206. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Gilt Proof CU Farthing (25mm, 6.20 g, 6h). Third issue. Late Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1799. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right; K • on truncation of arm; 1799 below bust / 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; in exergue, 1 . FARTHING . flanked by rosettes. Peck 1269; SCBC 3779. In NGC encapsulation, 4690728-002, graded PF 64 Cameo.

From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.