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Auction: 24124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 36: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1633

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; S.3647), flecked, mostly flat yet with a lustrous tone, strict very fine; also 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; S.3703), rubbed and wiped, scratch to the reverse, bolder fine; also 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; S.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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