George II (1727-60), silver Crown, 1743, older laureate and draped bust left, GEORGIUS.II. DEI.GRATIA. toothed border around rim both sides, rev. crowned cruciform shields, ten strings to Irish harp, roses in angles, garter star at centre, legend M.B.F.ET.H. REX. F.D.B. ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T ET.E. edge inscribed in raised letters DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO REGNI. DECIMO. SEPTIMO, 29.89g (Bull 1667; ESC 124; S.3688). Toned with wear and brighter elements to high points, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as XF details cleaned.NGC certification 8368422-011.
The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George the second by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius et Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire." Additionally on the edge as "an ornament and a safeguard, in the seventeenth year of the reign."
We note the silver output for the calendar year of 1743 was £7,440 and this output and would have been spread across Crowns, Halfcrowns, Shillings, and Sixpences.
The roses reverse is traditionally thought to be indicative of silver sourced from English mine operations only and the most recent update about this is to be found in "The Metal in Britains Coins" by Graham Birch.