M & H
1723 George I South Sea Company Shilling
£375
George I (1714-1727), Shilling, 1723 SSC (South Sea Company), first laureate bust r., rev. crowned cruciform shields, SSC in angles (S.3647; ESC.1176; Bull 1586).
Superb Blue toning and eye appeal, AEF.
* Coinage of the South Sea Company was minted in Britain in 1723, after the South Sea Company (SSC) discovered silver in (and shipped it back from) Indonesia in 1722. The coins minted were Crowns, Half Crowns, Shillings and Sixpences