Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2015 ANA Auction - Online Sess. D-E 17 August 2015
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GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, 1745. George II (1727-60). PCGS MS-62 Secure Holder.
S-3695; KM-584.3."LIMA" below bust. Struck on Spanish silver seized by Commodore George Anson in Peru during the War of Jenkin's Ear. Anson went on to become a British Naval hero of legendary proportions as a result. The piece offered here is of impressive quality, with abundant luster and a super strike that brings out all of the detail in the king's curls. Typically seen no better than Fine, the example offered here is a real treat. PCGS MS-62 Secure Holder.
Ex: Stack's Auction December 1999, Lot #874, Previously Coin Galleries July 1991, Lot #1826.
Estimate: $500.00- $700.00
S-3695; KM-584.3."LIMA" below bust. Struck on Spanish silver seized by Commodore George Anson in Peru during the War of Jenkin's Ear. Anson went on to become a British Naval hero of legendary proportions as a result. The piece offered here is of impressive quality, with abundant luster and a super strike that brings out all of the detail in the king's curls. Typically seen no better than Fine, the example offered here is a real treat. PCGS MS-62 Secure Holder.
Ex: Stack's Auction December 1999, Lot #874, Previously Coin Galleries July 1991, Lot #1826.
Estimate: $500.00- $700.00