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LOT 4002
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1750. London mint.
GEORGIVS • 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 • J7-50 •, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. ESC 1730; SCBC 3704. Very Fine. Toned.(5.98gr, 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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