The Philip Richardson Collection of George III Copper Coins

George III (1760-1820), Soho Mint, Birmingham, Pattern Halfpenny, 1795 (early Soho), by C.H. Küchler, in copper, laureate bust right, wreath of 11 leaves with no berries, tie ribands attached, soho on rim below flanked by ornaments and pellets, rev. Britannia seated left on globe, no grass below, oval shield behind, pellet to left of butt of spear [perhaps the first Küchler privy mark], pellet after date in exergue, edge plain, 13.87g/6h (BMC 1042 [KH 2]). Some light spotting, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, very rare £500-£600

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

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Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale 126, 12 July 2000 (969); The Collection of an English Gentleman, Part I, Baldwin Auction 70, 28 September 2011, lot 179