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Auction: 20106 - The Hardcastle Collection: Numismatic 'Pledges' to a Yorkshire Pawnbroker' e-Auction
Lot: 2887

The Hardcastle Collection | PROOF 65 BROWN | [Joint Finest] | George III (1760-1820), Pattern Halfpenny, 1805, in bronzed copper, by W J Taylor from Soho dies, laureate and draped bust right, K on truncation, rev. Britannia seated left, 13.37g, 6h (Peck 1309), a later striking from refurbished dies, otherwise a glorious proof with a pleasing dark brown patina accentuated with reddish hue around key devices, a trace of contact marks, but in reality much as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF65 BN (Cert. #5878624-010) [Tied 1 of 4 / None Finer]

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