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[[Image:Great Britain 1745 half crown rev Stacks 711-1638.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers]] | [[Image:Great Britain 1745 half crown rev Stacks 711-1638.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 1638 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (Irvine, July 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Halfcrown, 1745. Old laureate mailed bust l., LIMA below identifying, bullion seized by Admiral Anson on his circumnavigation of the globe. Rv. Cruciform shields. Lightest circulation. EXTREMELY FINE." The LIMA half crown is listed for 1745-46 only. | + | This specimen was lot 1638 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (Irvine, July 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Halfcrown, 1745. Old laureate mailed bust l., LIMA below identifying, bullion seized by Admiral Anson on his circumnavigation of the globe. Rv. Cruciform shields. Lightest circulation. EXTREMELY FINE." The LIMA half crown is listed for 1745-46 only but is more common than half crowns without. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 0.925 fine silver. | + | ''Specification:'' 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver. |
''Catalog reference:'' S-3695, KM 584.3. | ''Catalog reference:'' S-3695, KM 584.3. | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1743 1/2 crown|1743 half crown]] | * [[Great Britain 1743 1/2 crown|1743 half crown]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1743 crown|1743 crown]] | * [[Great Britain 1743 crown|1743 crown]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1745 half penny|1745 half penny]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1745 6 pence KM-582.1|1745 sixpence, roses on reverse]] | * [[Great Britain 1745 6 pence KM-582.1|1745 sixpence, roses on reverse]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1745 6 pence KM-582.3|1745 "LIMA" sixpence]] | * [[Great Britain 1745 6 pence KM-582.3|1745 "LIMA" sixpence]] | ||
| − | * [[Great Britain 1745 shilling KM 583.2|1745 " | + | * [[Great Britain 1745 shilling KM 583.2|1745 "LIMA" shilling]] |
| + | * [[Great Britain 1745 half crown KM-584.1|1745 half crown]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1745 1/2 guinea Fr-347|1745 half guinea]] | * [[Great Britain 1745 1/2 guinea Fr-347|1745 half guinea]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1745 1/2 guinea Fr-348|1745 "LIMA" half guinea]] | * [[Great Britain 1745 1/2 guinea Fr-348|1745 "LIMA" half guinea]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1745 guinea|1745 guinea]] | * [[Great Britain 1745 guinea|1745 guinea]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1745 guinea Fr-343|1745 "LIMA" guinea]] | * [[Great Britain 1745 guinea Fr-343|1745 "LIMA" guinea]] | ||
| − | * [[Great Britain 1746 crown Dav-1350|1746 " | + | * [[Great Britain 1746 crown Dav-1350|1746 "LIMA" crown]] |
* [[Great Britain 1746 1/2 crown KM-584.2|1746 halfcrown]] | * [[Great Britain 1746 1/2 crown KM-584.2|1746 halfcrown]] | ||
| − | * [[Great Britain 1746 1/2 crown KM-584.3|1746 " | + | * [[Great Britain 1746 1/2 crown KM-584.3|1746 "LIMA" half crown]] |
* [[Coins and currency dated 1745]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1745]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Great Britain]]. | * return to coins of [[Great Britain]]. | ||
[[Category:Selections from Stack's July 2011 Coin Galleries sale]] | [[Category:Selections from Stack's July 2011 Coin Galleries sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:15, 22 October 2025
This specimen was lot 1638 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (Irvine, July 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Halfcrown, 1745. Old laureate mailed bust l., LIMA below identifying, bullion seized by Admiral Anson on his circumnavigation of the globe. Rv. Cruciform shields. Lightest circulation. EXTREMELY FINE." The LIMA half crown is listed for 1745-46 only but is more common than half crowns without.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-3695, KM 584.3.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Van Valen, Frank, and Vicken Yegparian, The July 2011 Coin Galleries Sale, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, 2011.
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- 1743 half crown
- 1743 crown
- 1745 half penny
- 1745 sixpence, roses on reverse
- 1745 "LIMA" sixpence
- 1745 "LIMA" shilling
- 1745 half crown
- 1745 half guinea
- 1745 "LIMA" half guinea
- 1745 guinea
- 1745 "LIMA" guinea
- 1746 "LIMA" crown
- 1746 halfcrown
- 1746 "LIMA" half crown
- Coins and currency dated 1745
- return to coins of Great Britain.