Pattern Half-guinea, 1762, by Richard Yeo, laureate bust right, wreath with berries, long hair which curls below truncation, GEORGIVS. III. DEI. GRATIA., rev. crowned garnished shield of arms, M.B.F.ET.H.REX. F.D. B.ET.L.D. S.R.I.A.T.ET.E, edge plain, 3.98g. (Montagu 542; Murdoch 159 but attributed to Tanner; Nobleman-; Douglas-Morris 82), brilliant, virtually as struck, extremely rare

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Pattern Half-guinea, 1762, by Richard Yeo, laureate bust right, wreath with berries, long hair which curls below truncation, GEORGIVS. III. DEI. GRATIA., rev. crowned garnished shield of arms, M.B.F.ET.H.REX. F.D. B.ET.L.D. S.R.I.A.T.ET.E, edge plain, 3.98g. (Montagu 542; Murdoch 159 but attributed to Tanner; Nobleman-; Douglas-Morris 82), brilliant, virtually as struck, extremely rare

Provenance

C E G Mackerell, Glendining, 14 May 1906, lot 191
S A H Whetmore, Glendining, 24 March 1943, lot 37
Capt. V Hewitt, purchased by Spink and Son, 1967
J G Brooker, purchased by Spink and Son, June 1971

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