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Auction: 24124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 36: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1662

George III (1760-1820), Sixpence, 1787, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. cruciform shields, with hearts, six strings to harp, obliquely milled edge, 12h, 3.00g (ESC 1629; Bull 2190; S.3749), rub to the higher points, yet with a hint of lustre beneath toned surfaces, very fine; and Bank of England, Eighteenpence, 1812, laureate head right, rev. denomination within wreath, edge plain, 12h, 7.24g (Bull 2115; ESC 972; S.3772), rub to the hair, light tone, strict very fine; and 'New Coinage' Shilling, 1820, laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield in Garter, milled edge, 12h, 5.65g (ESC 1236; Bull 2157; S.3790), speckles of dark toning, the fields near brilliant, good extremely fine; and 'New Coinage' Sixpence, 1817, laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield in Garter, milled edge, 12h, 2.81g (ESC 1632; Bull 2195; S.3791), wiped, nonetheless with a glossy lustre and rich cabinet tone, extremely fine (4)

Provenance

The Collection of Dr. Hugh Shire (d. 1976)

i) Keefe, Tunbridge Wells, by private treaty, 1957

iii) SCMB, July 1956, SH244 'EF'

iv) Swiss Cottage, by private treaty, 1956


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