British Coins from the Collection formed by Arthur M. Fitts III

George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Specimen Sixpence, 1787, by L. Pingo, in silver, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. cruciform shields with semée of hearts, crowns in angles, border of pellets both sides, edge plain, 4.07g/12h (Eimer 86; ESC 1640; Selig 1228). Minor hairlines, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Coins from the Collection formed by Arthur M. Fitts III.

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Provenance: CNG Triton X Auction (New York), 9-10 January 2007, lot 1441.

One of the coins intended for the sets prepared by Lewis Pingo for the Bank of England and other interested officials in September 1787 (Manville, BNJ 2004, pp.90-1)