Lot 524
George I (1714-27), Silver Crown of Five Shillings, 1718., 8 struck over 6 in date. Laureate and draped bust right, legend and outer toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS. D. G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. F. D., rev. crowned cruciform shields, eleven strings to Irish harp, garter star at centre, roses and plumes in alternate angles, date either side of top crown, legend and outer toothed border surrounding.BRVN. ET. L. DVX S.R.I.A:TH ET. EL., edge inscribed in raised letters of inverted orientation to obverse, note use of letter U in edge wording, +.DECUS. ET. TUTAMEN+ ANNO. REGNI. QUINTO. (Bull 1542 R; ESC 111A; S.3639; KM.545.1). Toned, well struck with excellent detail to obverse, a pleasing extremely fine, rare so well preserved. Value $7,500 - UP
The 1718 Crown is the second of five dates of Crown for this reign and features the roses and plumes alternating in the reverse angles, which indicated a mixed source of the silver metal used to strike the coinage from both England and Wales. The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "George by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius et Elector" and translates as "Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire," additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the fifth year of the reign."
Ex Spink and Son Ltd, purchased October 1979. Ex Edward D. J. Van Roekel Collection, Spink Coin Auction 156; 15th November 2001, lot 175.
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