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Auction: 25124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 43: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 238

George III (1760-1820), Restrike Pattern Farthing, 1797, late Soho, struck in copper, laureate and draped bust right, K in relief on truncation, rev. Britannia seated left, SOHO on rock, edge plain, 7.57g, 6h (BMC [Peck] 1199a; Selig 1417), most minor edge bruise at 7 o'clock, with a handsome glassy lustre to red-brown surfaces, about uncirculated

Provenance

Farthing Specialists [John Minshull], by private treaty, 19 June 1984 - £339

Peck lists this pattern Farthing in gold and in bronzed copper but not in copper. There was a copper example in the Selig collection (Spink auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1417), listed as BMC 1199A. It sold for £160.

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Starting price
£280