Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 3 27 Apr 2021
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George I (1714-27), silver Crown, 1726, laureate and draped bust right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS. D. G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. F. D., all stops weak, rev. crowned cruciform shields, nine strings to Irish harp, garter star at centre, small roses and plumes in alternate angles, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, .BRVN. ET. L. DVX S.R.I.A:TH ET. EL., stops all weak, edge inscribed in raised letters of inverted orientation to obverse, all letter Ns inverted, large pellet stops, .DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. DECIMO. TERTIO., 30.15g (Bull 1548 R2; ESC 115A; S.3639A). Toned, one light rim bruise on obverse, some light adjustment marks visible in upper half of obverse otherwise good very fine / almost extremely fine and a rare date.
The Latin legends translates as on the obverse "George, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith" and on the reverse "Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire." and additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the thirteenth year of the reign."
(£2500-3000)
The Latin legends translates as on the obverse "George, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith" and on the reverse "Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire." and additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the thirteenth year of the reign."
(£2500-3000)