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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 394

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | George II (1727-1760), 'LIMA' Shilling, 1745, reading GEORGIUS, older laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, LIMA below truncation, rev. crowned shields cruciform, seven strings to harp, seven hearts to semée, angles plain, smaller Garter star, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 342; ESC 1205; Bull 1724; S.3703), a trace of haymarking to crown of head, otherwise beautifully lustrous and handsomely cabinet toned, a really pleasingly good very fine to about extremely fine in most parts, a fine specimen of Admiral Anson's famous specie

Provenance

The L'Abbaye Collection of Early Milled Shillings: Part Two

Seaby, by private treaty, 12 January 1973 - £11

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