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Auction: 22105 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 20 - The Wootton Collection of English Silver Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 2549

George II (1727-1760), An Academic Collection of Sixpences (33), 1728 (4) Plain in Angles, six strings, 6h (Bull 1736 [R2]; ESC 1603; Spink 3705), bent as a love token and straightened, a split through Irish shield, otherwise toned, struck details bolder than fine, rare; also, "Plumes", eight strings, 7h (Bull 1738; ESC 1605; Spink 3706), lightly toned and lustrous, good fine / near very fine scarce; also, 'Roses and Plumes' (2), nine strings, 6h, cleaned and flecked but residually lustrous, fair / fine; another, six [?] strings, 6h (Bull 1740; ESC 1606), rubbed and toned, fair to fine; additionally, 'Roses and Plumes' (8), 1731 (3), as second, rev. seven strings, 6h, flaw below truncation, toned, good fine; also, seven strings, 6h, rubbed, cleaned, good; and, seven strings, 6h (Bull 1741; ESC 1607), lightly toned, rubbed, good; also, 1732 (2), six strings, 7h, marks on bust, rubbed and toned, good / fair; another, six strings, 6h (Bull 1742; ESC 1608), rubbed, good / fine; also, 1734, seven strings, 7h (Bull 1744 [R2]; ESC 1609), rubbed, toned, fair / fine, scarce; also, 1735 over 5, seven strings, 7h (Bull 1745 [R2]; ESC 1610), flat, toned, good / fair, scarce; also, 1736, reading GEORGIV (S omitted), seven strings, 6h (Bull 1748 [R4]; ESC 1611; Spink 3707), lightly toned with minor striking splits, the S all but obliterated to provide a clear example of this 'error', fair / fine, and considered vry rare by Bull; additionally, 'Roses' (8), 1739 (3), O over R in GEORGIVS, D re-entered in DEI (2), seven strings, 6h, cleaned, rubbed and with superficial friction, fine, the reverse better, the die-sinker's error clearly visible, rare thus; another, similar, 6h (Bull 1750 [R3]; ESC 1612A), rubbed and tooled, details crudely reapplied to portrait, the error otherwise clear, mediocre but rare; and, normal GEORGIVS, rev. seven strings, 6h (Bull 1749; ESC 1612), cleaned but residually lustrous and lightly toned, a bolder fine; also, 1741, six strings, 6h (Bull 1751; ESC 1613; Spink 3708), heavily circulated and scuffed, poor; also, 1743 (2), as last, but old laureate bust, rev. six strings, 6h, pierced, very poor; another, six strings, 6h (Bull 1752; ESC 1614), rubbed and toned, good / fair; and, 1745 (2), six strings, 6h, darkly toned, good fine; another, six strings, 6h (Bull 1753; ESC 1615; Spink 3709), rubbed but lustrous, fair / good fine; additionally, LIMA (6), as last, reads GEORGIUS, LIMA below, rev. angles plain, eight strings, 6h, cleaned, good; another, seven strings, 6h, darkly toned, good fine; and, seven strings, 6h (Bull 1756; ESC 1617; Spink 3710), toned, fair; also, 1746, reading GEORGIVS (3), six strings, 6h, rubbed flat, toned, good; another, seven strings, 7h, cleaned and lustrous, near very fine; also, U over V in GEORGIVS, rev. seven strings, 6h (Bull 1757; ESC 1618; Spink 3710A), countermarked and heavily rubbed, the unlisted variety otherwise clear, mediocre, presumably rare; also, Plain Issues (7), 1750, five strings, 6h (Bull 1760; ESC 1620), cleaned and lustrous, fair; also, 1757, as before, six strings, 6h (Bull 1762; ESC 1622), rubbed, toned, fair; lastly, 1758 (4), as before, rev. five strings, 6h, pierced and plugged, toned, fair / fine; another, six strings, 6h, cleaned and lustrous, very fine; and, six strings, 6h, large hole, darkly toned, scuffed, very poor; another, six strings to harp, 6h (Bull 1763; ESC 1623), polished but lustrous, about very fine; lastly, 1758 over 7, six strings, 6h (Bull 1764 [R3]; ESC 1624; Spink 3711), cleaned and slightly retoned, a bolder fine, the overdate clear and rare (33)

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