CNG 112, Lot: 829. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Gilt Proof CU Penny (34mm, 18.84 g, 12h). Fourth issue. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1806. Laureate and draped bust right; K · on truncation of arm; 1806 below / Britannia seated left on rocky outcropping with SOHO, holding olive branch and trident; Union shield to right; K between trident and shield; in background to left, ship under sail right on sea. Peck 1322; SCBC 3780. Lightly toned with underlying brilliance, minor marks before Britannia’s face on reverse. Proof.

From the Brondesbury Collection, purchased from Seaby, 18 August 1969.