Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1446. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Æ Twopence (56.61 g, 6h). “Cartwheel” coinage. Soho mint. Second issue, dated 1797. GEORGIUS III • D: G • REX, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; K
\ on truncation / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated left on rock outcropping, shield at side, holding olive branch in extended right hand, cradling trident in left arm; SOHO below shield; to left, ship with ensign at stern in incuse sailing right on horizon; 1799 in exergue. Peck 1077; SCBC 3776. UNC, beautiful chocolate color with tinges of violet tone.
From a North American Collection.