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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 575

George IV (1820-1830), Sixpence, 1826, Type 3, bare head left, rev. lion atop crown surmounting the floral emblems of England, Ireland and Scotland, edge straight milled, 2.82g, 6h (ESC 1662; Bull 2433; S.3815), with a distinctive grey-purple 'Indian' tone to obverse, the reverse otherwise vibrantly colourful and lustrous, virtually as struck, and with a most intriguing early 19th Century Spink pedigree

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 7 June 1898 - £0.6.6




"SPECIAL OFFER OF FINE LION SIXPENCES. LATELY CONSIGNED FROM THE COLONIES, WHERE THEY HAD BEEN HOARDED SINCE THE TIME OF GEORGE IV. CHIEFLY IN MOST EXCELLENT PRESERVATION, AND NOW OFFERED AT ABOUT 40 PER CENT BELOW THE USUAL PRICES. A LIMITED NUMBER ONLY TO BE HAD" (cf. Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1898, P. 2832, nos. 46283-46291)



Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1898 (P.2832, no. 46284) - "1826. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA. Bust to left. 1826 beneath, Rev. BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR. Lion (crowned) standing on the Royal Crown. Rose, shamrock and thistle beneath. Almost as good. Bright, extremely fine" - £0.6.6





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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£5