George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Farthing, 1798, by W.J. Taylor, in gilt-copper, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, edge plain, 5.76g/6h (BMC 1211 [R 74]; Selig 1423, this coin). Surface marks and high points rubbed, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £280-320

Provenance: Spink Australia Auction 7 (Sydney), 11 March 1982, lot 255 (part); ‘H. Selig’ Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1423