453, Lot: 759. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Gilt Proof CU Farthing (23mm, 6.37 g, 6h). Third issue. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1799. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Britannia seated left on Union shield, holding olive branch in extended right hand and trident in left; at a distance to left, ship sailing right. Peck 1275; SCBC 3779. Light hairlines, a few very minor spots. Proof.

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