AU58 George II (1727-60), silver Crown, 1751, older laureate and draped bust left, legend surrounding, GEORGIUS.II. DEI.GRATIA., toothed border around rim both sides, rev. crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre, legend surrounding, M.B.F.ET.H. REX. F.D.B. ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T ET.E., edge inscribed in raised letters, .DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO REGNI. VICESIMO QVARTO, 30.10g (Bull 1671; ESC 128; S.3690). Handsomely toned, some light adjustment marks to face, graded by NGC as AU58.

NGC Certification 6135165-002.

The 1751 silver Crown was the last such currency piece struck for this reign, and indeed for the next 67 years; no proper currency Crown of Five Shillings was struck again till near the end of the reign of George III in 1818. There was an attempt to fill the void for larger silver by overstriking Spanish dollars at a similar value at the turn of the century as well as the Bank of England Dollar of 1804, but the face value of these emergency issues fluctuated based on gold and silver prices through the Napoleonic War period. The 1751 Crowns typically have flans with adjustment marks often around the bust like that demonstrated herewith.
(£1,500-2,000)