Lot 1263 GREAT BRITAIN, London, England, sixpence, George II, 1746, with LIMA below bust, PCGS MS65.

GREAT BRITAIN, London, England, sixpence, George II, 1746, with LIMA below bust, PCGS MS65. Sp-3710A; KM-582.3. Choice luster, very light rainbow toning on reverse, speckles on obverse, a popular type commemorating the capture of tons of Spanish Peruvian silver and gold on the French ships Louis Erasmus and Marquis d'Antin in the North Atlantic by English Captains Morecock and Talbot on their privateer ships Duke and Prince Frederick (not, as commonly told, related to Commodore Anson's successes in the Pacific), second highest grade in PCGS census (with only one higher at NGC).
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