fwo_1051344 - GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II 4 Pence 1740
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Price : 80.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2026)
Price : 80.00 €
Type : 4 Pence
Date: 1740
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,95 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIVS.II. - DEI.GRATIA..
Obverse description : Buste lauré à gauche de Georges II.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAG. BRI. FR. ET. HIB. REX. 17-60.
Reverse description : 4 surmonté d'une petite couronne fermée.
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II
(22/06/1727-25/10/1760)
Georges II (10/11/1683-25/10/1760) is the son of Georges I (1714-1727) and Sophie-Dorothée of Brunswick. He succeeded his father in 1726 and was also Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. He left Walpole to govern until 1742. He was the first Hanoverian king to take an interest in England.
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