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Description
George II of the House of Hanover, King of Great Britain 1727-1760 AD, Silver Crown (30.00g, 38mm), 1750, Royal mint, London. Obverse: Second, older laureate head of King George II facing to the left, legend surrounds, “GEORGIVS· II· DEI· GRATIA·”. Reverse: Armorial of the House of Hanover (as Kings of Great Britain 1714-1801) cruciform, each escutcheon surmounted by St. Edward’s Crown, Garter Star at centre, date either side of top crown, legend surrounds, “·M· B· F· ET· H· REX· F·D· B· ET· L· D· S· R· I· A· T· ET· E·”. Edge: Inscription in raised letters, “DECVS· ET· TVTAMEN· ANNO· REGNI· VICESIMO· QVARTO·”. Bull-1670; S-3690. A generally harder to find date of George II’s crowns, and a superior example with a rather attractive obverse and overall pleasing grey patina, some light buffing to reverse fields with remnants of light initials in quarter – difficult to see in hand and a nice example otherwise, details near Extremely Fine, obverse a bit better.
The Latin legend is the Royal titulature of King George II, beginning on the obverse and continuing on the reverse, reading unabridged as “Geōrgius Secundus, Deī grātiā, Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rēx, Fideī Dēfēnsor, Brūnsvīcēnsis et Lūnebērgēnsis Dux, Sacrī Romani imperiī Archīthesaurarius et Elector”, with an English translation of “George the Second, by the Grace of God, 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”.
