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Auction: 18025 - The Pywell-Phillips Collection of English Milled Silver and Copper Coins
Lot: 455

George III (1760-1820), Pattern Halfpenny, 1788, a later striking in bronzed copper, by W J Taylor after Jean-Pierre Droz, diamond stops, laureate head right, d. f. on truncation, eagle's head on thunderbolt beneath rev. en médaille, britannia. Britannia seated left on globe, holding spear and laurel wreath, resting on shield, date in exergue, edge plain, 13.90g (BMC [Peck] 1005; S-), cabinet friction to high points across otherwise brilliant surfaces, further toning in recesses, a pleasing extremely fine

provenance
Spink Numismatic Circular, December 2001, MC1231 - £250

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Sold for
£400