Exceptional Proof Six Shillings

Triton XVI, Lot: 1608. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND. George III. 1760-1820. Proof AR Six Shillings (42mm, 26.91 g, 12h). Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1804. GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX., laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / BANK OF IRELAND TOKEN SIX SHILLINGS, Hibernia seated left on hilly outcropping of turf, holding palm frond and resting arm on harp set on ground; 1804 below. SCBI 22 (Copenhagen) 467; D&F 616; SCBC 6615. In NGC encapsulation graded PF 66. Toned, hairline die crack on the obverse, mirror-like surfaces.