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JM34806

George I 1716 silver Penny, stop after date, NGC AU58

George I (1714-27),silver Penny, 1716, with stop after date variety, laureate and draped bust right, legend surrounds, GEORGIVS. DEI. GRA.,rev.crowned mark of value, date either side of crown, legend reads MAG. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX., weight 0.47g (Bull.1636; ESC.2323; Robinson p.157:167 (i); S.3657). Toned with underlying mint bloom and a little flecking, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU58.

NGC Certification 8220387-017.

The Latin legends translates on obverse as "George I by the Grace of God," and on reverse as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland."

See also "Two Varieties of the 1716 Maundy Penny" by Dr Brian Robinson, Spink Numismatic Circular 1981, p.275-276 where he comments that the first recorded maundy distribution that actually included all four denominations from Fourpence to Penny was actually in 1731 in the reign of George II and that prior to this and sometimes after the maundy distribution would often be in the lowliest coins like the Penny we have here. The 1716 Penny is the only small silver coin of this date there being no maundy set available.

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