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LOT 3939
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1745. London mint.
GEORGIUS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left; LIMA below / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E, crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star; date above. SCBC 3703. Near Extremely Fine.(5.93gr, 26mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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