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Virginia Pattern Shilling

Date1774

Engraver Thomas Pingo

OriginEngland, London, Tower of London Mint

MediumSilver

DimensionsDiameter - 25.3 mm, weight - 84.4 grains.

Credit LinePartially funded by the Lasser family

Object number2005-12

DescriptionObverse - Laureate bust of George III with long hair, to right. GEORGIVS.III DEI.GRATIA. around.

Reverse - Shield-shaped Royal Arms, crown above. VIRGINIA.1774 around.
Provenance- James Ten Eyck Collection (B. Max Mehl, 2 May 1922, lot 832)
- Virgil Brand Collection
- F.C.C. Boyd Estate
- John J. Ford, Jr. Collection (Stack's, 18 January 2005, lot 98)

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