Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1464. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AR Crown (28.22 g, 6h). New coinage. Benito Pistrucci, engraver. Dated 1818. GEORGIUS III D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX F : D :, laureate head right; PISTRUCCI in small letters below truncation, 1818 below / HONI • SOIT • QUI • MAL • Y • PENSE • within Garter, Pistrucci’s St. George slaying the Dragon; PISTRUCCI in small letters in exergue. DECUS ET TUTAMEN (rosette) ANNO REGNI LIX (rosette) on edge. ESC 214; SCBC 3787. UNC, light gray toning with slight iridescence, minor mark on jaw. Proof-like surfaces.

From a North American Collection.