Celtic, British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Specimen Sixpence, 1787, by L. Pingo, in silver, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. cruciform shields with crowns in angles, semée of hearts, edge plain (ESC 1640; Eimer 86; Selig 1228). Extremely fine or better, scarce £200-250

Slabbed in CGS-UK holder, graded AU 78.

One of the coins intended for the sets prepared by Lewis Pingo for the Bank of England and other interested officials in September 1787 (Manville, BNJ 2004, pp.90-1)