English 17th-18th Century AR & AE Coins.
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House of Hanover, King George II, Silver 1 Shilling.Royal Mint London 1745 A.D. 5.94g - 25.9mm, Axis 6h.
Obv: GEORGIVS·II· - DEI·GRATIA· - LIMA - Old laureate and draped bust left.
Rev: M·B·F·ET· - H·REX·F·D·B· - ET·L·D·S·R·I· - A·T·ET·E· 17-45 - Four crowned shields arranged to form a cross, Star of the Garter at the centre.
Spink 3703.
In 1745 a great treasure of silver coins had been seized in the North Atlantic by two British privateers, the Duke and the Prince Frederick, from two French treasure ships that had come from Peru. This booty was transported in forty-five wagon loads from the port of Bristol to the mint in London. As the booty principally consisted of 'piece of eight' bearing the Lima mintmark it was requested that coins taken from these prizes might bear the name 'Lima' to celebrate the exploit.Christian Scarlioli
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