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3 October 2023

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The Philip Richardson Collection of George III Copper Coins

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№ 689

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3 October 2023

Hammer Price:
£440

George III (1760-1820), Taylor Workshop, London, Restrike Proof Penny, 1807, in bronzed-copper, draped bust right with wreath of 11 leaves, no hair curl to right of tie-knot, brooch of 9 jewels, k · on lowest fold of striated shoulder drapery, rev. Britannia seated left on rock, double horizontal line below her left hand, olive branch with 11 leaves and 3 berries, k and soho below, ship with no gunports, edge plain, 17.62g/6h (BMC 1354 [R 98]; ‘Selig’ 1312, this coin; Adams 72; S 3780). Practically as struck, rare [certified and graded NGC PF 62 BN] £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Philip Richardson Collection of George III Copper Coins.

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Collection

Glendining Auction, 24 February 1982, lot 151 (part); ‘H. Selig’ [H. Cohn] Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1312; SNC June 2000 (2430)