Ireland, George III 1775 pattern Halfpenny PR65BN crowned harp with eight strings

crowned harp with eight strings

otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare

erecting a trophy

initial mark heraldic cinquefoil both sides (1480-83)

I G either side for Jacobus Gubernator

Ireland, George III 1775 pattern Halfpenny PR65BN crowned harp with eight stringsGeorge III (1760 1820), copper Proof Halfpenny, 1775, laureate head right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGVIS . III. REX. rev. crowned Irish harp with nine strings, date below, HIBERNIA. around (D&F 585; S. 6614). Attractively toned, tiny dig on jaw and one in field, otherwise practically as struck, and very rare, slabbed and graded by PCGS as PF65BN.