 Frederick, Lord North, 1775. B.551. Obverse signed GOSSET M. KIRK F. Silver. 36.7 mm. 301.5 gns. Bust of North facing left; his Arms. Very Choice About Uncirculated. Brightly reflective surfaces, deeply toned. From the same dies as all the following, the obverse failing and presumably accounting for the rarity of the piece. Frederick Lord North (1733-1792) was George III's prime minister during the years of the American Revolution. As Betts remarks, North ''...prosecuted the war against the United States with great pertinacity....'' North's implacable hostility to the revolting colonists made his memory hateful even to this day.
Ex Spink & Son, Ltd. on June 13, 1967.
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