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LOT 4004
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1745. London mint.
GEORGIUS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E • J7-45 •, crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star, roses in angles. SCBC 3702. Near Very Fine.(5.94gr, 25mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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