George II
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George II
Gold
WAu-4580: 1734 George II Gold Half Guinea. Sometime soon after 1734, a young man expressed his love to a young woman by bending this coin in the traditional fashion (not an easy thing to physically do). Very rarely does this occur on gold coins. 99.5% of bender love tokens are silver sixpences (hence the Nursery Rhyme about the crooked man who found a crooked sixpence). The story goes that the coin was bent and given to the young lady. If the love was reciprocated, the love token was kept and treasured. If not, the coin was tossed into a field. As this is a metal detecting find out of a field, can we assume that the young man’s love was unrequited?! An interesting coin. £225 RESERVED (B.W.)
WAu-4611: 1739 George II Gold TWO Guineas. Intermediate head, crowned shield. Has been worn as a pendant but the mount marks were the crimp types and as such as subtle. A large gold 1700’s gold coin. £665 RESERVED (S.B.)
WAu-4273: 1756 George II Gold Guinea. Ex mount, worn thus cheap. £239
Silver
Full
Crowns
WG-3389: 1743 George II Full
Silver Crown. Old
head, roses in angles. A superb, very good grade example of this rare coin. Full crowns were unpopular coins as they were
heavy in the pocket or purse. Many were
recalled and melted down during the later silver shortages. Strange that 50
years later the “Cartwheel” twopence was introduced which was equally heavy but
a much lower denomination! £895
Shillings
WG-2958: 1741 George II Silver Shilling. Young head, harder year. £85
WG-4006: 1743 George II Silver Shilling. Better date. Guilded and cleaned but still a nice coin. £99
WG-2908: 1745 George II Silver
Shilling. EF grade with unusual
uneven striking detail presumed to be down to irregular thickness in the
blank.
Sixpences
WG-3805: 1728 George II Silver Sixpence. Young bust, roses & plumes. Nice grade. £79
Maundy
Silver
WG-4359: 1729 George II Silver
1d. Collectable
grade on this harder denomination.
£44
WG-4360: 1729 George II Silver
2d. Lower grade
example thus cheap. £19
WG-2957: 1735 George II Silver
2d. High grade. £44
WG-4134: 1746 George II Silver Groat. Nice grade coin. £49 RESERVED (S.B.)
WG-3915: 1746 George II Silver 2d. Nice grade. £39 RESERVED (S.B.)
WG-4719: 1750 George II Silver Penny. Nice grade. £39
WG-3439: 1758 George II Silver 1d. nEF grade. £44
WG-3531: 1760 George II Silver 2d. Date of George’s death. £35
Copper
etc
WG-2645: 1733 Isle of Man Halfpenny. An early coin. £12.50
WG-3024: 1745 George II Halfpenny. Good grade. £24
WG-4727: 1748 George II Halfpenny. Very nice grade. £79
WG-4186: 1751 George II Copper Halfpenny. Old bust, GEORGIVS, Regal issue. Better than VF. £39
WG-4187: 1753 George II Copper Halfpenny. Old bust, GEORGIVS, Regal issue. Overall VF. £24
“Other”
WG-4675: 1727 George II Silver Coronation Medal. The official medal issued to the public outside the coronation chamber. Only 800 of these were issued. This example is high grade with only slight cabinet wear to the high points. £229
WG-3916: 1727 George II AE Coronation Medal. Unusually well circulated. M.I. 482/12. £89
WG-3296: 1748 GEF Grade George II Silver Medal. Cast to commemorate the birth of William of Orange. A very high grade silver medal that is listed as Rare in Medallic Illustration. £225
