The Philip Richardson Collection of George III Copper Coins

George III (1760-1820), Soho Mint, Birmingham, Proof Penny, 1806 (late Soho), in copper, draped bust right with wreath of 11 leaves, brooch of 9 jewels, k · on lowest fold of striated shoulder drapery, date figures all perfect, rev. Britannia seated left on rock, single horizontal line below her left hand, rust spots on drapery over left leg, olive branch with 11 leaves and 3 berries, k and soho below, ship with no gunports, 2 stays from foremast to bowsprit, line flaw from second a in britannia to border, edge centre-grained, 18.88g/12h (BMC 1324 [KP 30]; ‘Selig’ 1301, this coin; Adams 53; S 3780). Spotting both sides, otherwise extremely fine, rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Philip Richardson Collection of George III Copper Coins.

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‘H. Selig’ [H. Cohn] Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1301 [from Spink September 1975]; SNC June 2000 (2427)