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George II 1745/3 Lima Halfcrown

George II (1727-60), silver Halfcrown, 1745, with 5 struck over 3, LIMA below older laureate and draped bust left, legend with U in King's name and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS.II. DEI.GRATIA., rev. crowned cruciform shields, eight strings to Irish harp, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, M.B.F.ET. H.REX. F.D.B. ET.L.D.S.R.I. A.T ET.E., edge inscribed in raised letters of inverted orientation to obverse, .DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. DECIMO. NONO., weight 15.09g (cf.Bull 1687; ESC 605; S.3695). Toned, good very fine, reverse stronger.

The coins provenance marked LIMA under the bust are all made from silver from treasure captured from the Spanish by the English Privateers John Morecock and James Talbot, Captains of the Prince Frederick and the Duke in 1745.

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George II by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae ET Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun ET Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius ET Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."

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