Musical Notation of “God Save the King”

439, Lot: 713. Estimate $75. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. Forster’s. CU Halfpenny (30mm, 12.79 g, 6h). Dated 1795. GOD SAVE THE KING above, 1795 below, a crown; all encircled with the notes of “God Save the King” / W.^M FORSTER, VIOLIN, TENOR, & VIOLONCELLO MAKER •/ N.^O 348 STRAND LONDON. in two concentric circles around the Prince of Wales’ crest. Edge: Plain rounded. D&H 302. EF, dark brown patina, flan flaw on obverse at edge.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.