421, Lot: 782. Estimate $250. Sold for $283. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Bronzed CU Proof Halfpenny (31mm, 12.37 g, 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 1244 SCBC 3778. VF, toned with hints of luster, some finger marks.

From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.