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Auction: 26004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 112

NGC MS61 | George IV (1820-1830), Sixpence, 1826, bare head left, rev. lion on crown, straight milled edge, 2.82g, 6h (Bull 2433; ESC 1662; S.3815), with a dark cabinet tone and lustrous, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS61 (Cert. #8222392-008)

Provenance,

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941), Spink, 24014, 17 December 2024, lot 575

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

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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"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)

https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222392-008/61/

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Estimate
£120 to £160

Starting price
£80