Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 8 15 Feb 2023
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George II (1727-1760), silver Crown, 1736, young laureate and draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS. II. DEI. GRATIA., rev. crowned cruciform shields with garter star at centre, roses and plumes in alternate angles, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, M.B.F. ET. H. REX. F.D. B.ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E., edge inscribed, DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN ANNO. REGNI. NONO. (Bull 1664; ESC 121; S.3686). An exceptional example with attractive toning revealing good subdued mint lustre, graded by NGC as MS63, the highest graded example and rare.
NGC Certification 6030729-005
The Latin legends translate to on obverse as "George the Second, by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius ET Elector," and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire," additionally on the edge as "An ornament and a safeguard, in the tenth year of the reign."
NGC Certification 6030729-005
The Latin legends translate to on obverse as "George the Second, by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius ET Elector," and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire," additionally on the edge as "An ornament and a safeguard, in the tenth year of the reign."