CNG 108, Lot: 1207. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. Pattern CU Dollar – Five Shillings (40mm, 35.53 g, 6h). Bank of England issue. Dated 1804. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right / Britannia seated left, holding olive branch and spear, and leaning upon Union shield; cornucopia below; beehive in background to left; all within collar surmounted by five-turreted façade and inscribed FIVE SHILLINGS/DOLLAR. L&S 79, type E/2; ESC 164A; Bull 1956. EF, rich brown patina, tiny edge nick. Rare on thick flan.

From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.