Lot 1484
Great Britain. Farthing Lot, 1799. S.3779; KM-646. George III. All uncirculated, with varying degrees of mint red. A very rare and interesting lot which was discovered in the basement of a terraced building in central London. It would be extremely difficult to put together another group like this. Lot of 17 coins. Uncirculated. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600
*In 1799 the British Prime Minister William Pitt The Younger introduced an income tax of 2 shillings in every Pound (10%) to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars. Across the English Channel, later in the year 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the French Directory in a coup d'etat which finally ended the French Revolution. And across the Atlantic Ocean, in December 1799 George Washington died at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
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| Realized $1,380 |
