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Item No. 75825 GREAT BRITAIN: AR ½ crown, Lima, 1745, KM-584.3, 5 over 3 in date, die A obverse variety, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. During the War of the Austrian Succession, Great Britain was the ally of Maria Theresa of Austria, and fought its two greatest maritime rivals, France and Spain. In July 1745, Captains James Talbot and John Morecock, commanding two privateers in the North Atlantic, the Prince Frederick and the Duke, captured two French treasure ships returning from Callao, the port of Lima. Their haul was £800,000 in silver coins and ingots, plus gold and other goods. When they landed at Bristol in October it took 45 wagons to transport the coin and bullion (which weighed over 78 tons) to the Tower Mint. There the silver was used in the production of the so-called 'Lima' coinage. It was requested that the word 'Lima' be used on the coins to celebrate the exploit. |
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