George II (1727-1760)

Silver Shilling

1745, old laureate and draped bust left, LIMA below. rev. crowned cruciform shields, angles plain, (S.3703, ESC.1724)

Deeply toned with blue and magenta hues, good extremely fine and much as struck

Coins of this period (1745-46) marked with LIMA under the bust are all made from silver captured from Spanish ships off the coast of the Peruvian city of Lima by English Privateers in 1745.

The silver in this coin was mined and coined in Peru by one nation, and was subsequently captured by another and re-minted, the two biggest sea powers of the era.

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