Lot 1411
1411
Pattern Farthing, 1788, by Lewis Pingo, struck in copper, laureate, armoured bust right, GEORGIVS.III.REX. toothed border both sides, rev. inverted, standing figure of Britannia, holding wand and laurel branch, globe and shield either side, date in exergue, BRITANNIA above, edge obliquely grained (P.919; Montagu 758; Eimer 90a), small spot in obverse field, otherwise practically as struck, extremely rare

Details
Pattern Farthing, 1788, by Lewis Pingo, struck in copper, laureate, armoured bust right, GEORGIVS.III.REX. toothed border both sides, rev. inverted, standing figure of Britannia, holding wand and laurel branch, globe and shield either side, date in exergue, BRITANNIA above, edge obliquely grained (P.919; Montagu 758; Eimer 90a), small spot in obverse field, otherwise practically as struck, extremely rare
Provenance
A H F Baldwin, private transaction, April 1964
Mrs E M H Norweb, Spink Auction 48, 13 November 1985, lot 575