256, Lot: 892. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Twopence (40mm, 55.65 g, 6h). Second issue, ‘cartwheel’ coinage. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right / Britannia seated left on rocky outcropping, holding olive branch and trident; Union shield to lower right; at a distance in background, ship under sail right on water. Peck 1077; SCBC 3776. Good VF, dark brown patina, clean rims.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.