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437, Lot: 647. Estimate $200.
Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George II. 1727-1760. AR Shilling (25.5mm, 6.01 g, 6h). LIMA issue. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1745. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left; LIMA below / Crowned cruciform coat-of-arms around rayed Garter star. ESC 1204; MCE 1060; SCBC 3703. Good VF, toned, a couple light marks.


In early autumn 1740, Commodore George Anson set out with a squadron of six vessels to harass Spanish possessions in the New World. Among various adventures along the Atlantic and Pacific shores of South America, Anson’s ships captured a quantity of silver and gold bullion bound for Spain. This precious metal was borne back to Britain following a dramatic circumnavigation across the Pacific, and was struck into coins bearing the commemorative legend LIMA.