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1746 British crown of 5 shillings, Royal Mint, Tower of London.  Quote:During the War of the Austrian Succession, Great Britain was the ally of Maria Theresa of Austria, and fought its two greatest maritime rivals, France and Spain. In July 1745, Captains James Talbot and John Morecock, commanding two privateers in the North Atlantic, the Prince Frederick and the Duke, captured two French treasure ships returning from Callao, the port of Lima. Their haul was £800,000 in silver coins and ingots, plus gold and other goods. When they landed at Bristol in October it took 45 wagons to transport the coin and bullion (which weighed over 78 tons) to the Tower Mint. There the silver was used in the production of the so-called 'Lima' coinage of 1746. It was requested that the word 'Lima' be used on the coins to celebrate the exploit. Here LIMA can be seen spelled out under the portrait of King George II (reigned 1727-60) -- BritishMuseum.org see also: The Enigma of LimaEdited by jgenn
10/16/2015 10:32 am
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Nice coin with a historical bonus.  |
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 Very high on my want list. |
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Another "LIMA" coin -- Great Britain -- 1745 shilling:   |
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Great Britain 1745 Lima halfcrown:  Edited by NumisRob
10/17/2015 04:55 am
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1745 thaler, Canton of Zürich, Swiss Republic.  |
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Great design on that 1745 thaler!
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Spain -- 1744 2 maravedis:   |
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Lowball British 1744 halfpenny:  |
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Quote:Jgenn: 1746 British crown of 5 shillings, Royal Mint, Tower of London. Pepactonius: Great Britain -- 1645 shilling: NumisRob: Great Britain 1745 Lima halfcrown: Nice coins! Legend: (if you didn't know already) Magna Britanniae Franciae ET Hiberniae REX, Fidei Defensor, Brunvicsencis ET Luneburgensis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi- Thesaurius ET Elector King of Great Britanny and France, defendor of the faith, duke of Braunschweig and Luneberg, emperor of the holy roman empire, arch treasurer and elector Edited by Petrus
10/18/2015 1:52 pm
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1744 Farthing   Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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1744 8 reales, Viceroyalty of New Spain, Mexico City mint.  |
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King of Great Britanny and France I believe this should be 'King of Britain, France and Ireland' |
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Yes correct Numisma! Sorry
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No need to apologize. I wasn't quite sure if I was right myself.
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