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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1213

Hanoverian Shillings (3) | George I (1714-1727), South Sea Company, Shilling, 1723, first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, SS C in angles, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 6h, 5.89g (ESC 1176; Bull 1586; Spink 3647), flecked, mostly flat yet with a lustrous tone, strict very fine; George II (1727-1760), LIMA Shilling, 1745, old laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, LIMA below, rev. crowned cruciform shields, plain in angles, seven strings to harp, 5.84g, 6h (ESC 1205; Bull 1724; Spink 3703), rubbed and wiped, scratch to the reverse, bolder fine; George III (1760-1820), 'Old Head' Shilling, 1758, old head left, rev. cruciform shields, with hearts, six strings to harp, 12h, 6.00g (ESC 1225; Bull 2129; Spink 3746), some softness to the higher parts of the portrait, yet residually lustrous to dark surfaces, very fine (3)

Provenance

The Collection of Dr. Hugh Shire (d. 1976)

i) P. Lusted, Tunbridge Wells, by private treaty, August 1957

ii) P. Lusted, Tunbridge Wells, by private treaty, August 1957

iii) P. Lusted, Tunbridge Wells, by private treaty, August 1957


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Estimate
£150 to £200

Starting price
£110