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George I 1720 Crown, 20 over 18, roses and plumes
George I (1714-27), silver Crown, 1720, 20 struck over 18 in date, laureate and draped bust right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS. D. G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. F. D., rev. crowned cruciform shields, Irish harp with eleven strings, garter star at centre, large roses and plumes in alternate angles, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, .BRVN ET.L.DVX S.R.I.A:TH ET.EL., edge inscribed in raised letters of inverted orientation to obverse, .+.DECUS. ET. TUTAMEN+ ANNO. REGNI. SEXTO., weight 30.08g (Bull 1543 R; ESC 113; S.3639). Light wear to centre each side, light flan adjustment marks across centre of head, a couple of rim nicks and spots, some flecking on reverse with parts of 8 visible under zero, almost very fine and rare.
The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "George by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith" and on the reverse as "Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."
We note the calendar year output of silver coinage from the Mint in 1720 totalled £24,279.
Provenance:
Ex Dix Noonan and Webb, auction 141, 14th June 2017, lot 705 sold for £1,500 hammer.
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