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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 112

George III, Half-Guinea, 4.20g., 1813, by Lewis Pingo after Marchant, "military" type seventh laureate bust facing right, georgivs iii dei gratia, legend continuous over bust, rev. struck en medaille, crowned escutcheon of Hanover within quartered shield of arms within crowned Garter, honi soit qui mal y pense motto, four strings to Irish harp, date in field below, britanniarum rex fidei defensor, edge, diagonally milled (MCE 448; S.3737), struck on a broad flan, a little weak at centre of reverse, retaining mint brilliance, extremely fine, a rare date Estimate £300-400 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1946 for £3.10/-

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