CNG 112, Lot: 722. Estimate $250. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAHAMAS, Colonial. George III. King of Great Britain, 1760-1820. CU Penny (29mm, 9.35 g, 6h). Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1806. Laureate and draped bust right / BAHAMA, ship under sail right, island and two smaller ships in background; in exergue, EXPULSIS PIRATIS/ RESTITUTA/ COMMERCIA (Commerce restored by the expulsion of the pirates). Edge: engrailed. Pridmore 1; KM 1. Flaw on reverse, a few light marks. Near EF.

From the G.W.K. Roberts Collection.

The reverse legend refers to the suppression of piracy by Captain Woodes Rogers, later governor of the Bahamas.