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Obverse: GEORGIVS • D • G • M • BR • ET • HIB • REX • F • D, laureate bust right.
Reverse: SSC in angles of cruciform arms.
Issuer: George I, Hanoverian King of Great Britain (1714-1727).
Specifications: .925 silver, 21 mm approx., 3.01 g. Double-struck mint error with second strike 25% off-center.
Grade: PCGS F12; cert #33019533.
Reference: KM-553, PCGS-610253, Numista-13083, Spink-3652 Small Lettering.
Provenance: ex-Heritage Auction 271911, Lot 40075, 17 March 2019.*
Notes: The "SS/C" letters on this coin indicate it was struck with silver from the South Sea Company, a joint stock venture which collapsed in the notorious "South Sea Bubble", ruining thousands of investors. The SSC coinage consisted of crowns, halfcrowns, shillings, and sixpences, and an apocryphal tale has it that a young shopkeeper saw such a coin in circulation and it inspired him to go to the South Seas. He became the famous explorer we know as Captain James Cook.*
Comments: I was already a fan of SSC coins after owning a nice Mint State 1723-SSC shilling. I was feeling slight remorse for selling that one when I found this sixpence. It is well worn but quite an interesting error.
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Collection : World Coins (1601-present)