1742 IE 1742 IRELAND UK King George II Antique Lyre VINTA 1/2p Good Uncertified

1742 IRELAND UK King George II Antique Lyre VINTAGE OLD 1/2 Penny Coin i105637 i105637Authentic Medal of: Ireland under George II - King: 11/22 June 1727 - 25 October 17601742 Copper 1/2 Half Penny 26mm (8.20 grams) Reference: Sp# 6606, KM# 130.1 GEORGIUS II REX , George facing right.HIBERNIA, Clirseach (or Gaelic harp) You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.George II (George Augustus; German: Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 - 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.Born and brought up in northern Germany, George is the most recent British monarch born outside Great Britain. The Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of Union 1707 positioned his grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, and her Protestant descendants to inherit the British throne. After the deaths of Sophia and Anne, Queen of Great Britain, in 1714, his father, the Elector of Hanover, became George I of Great Britain. In the first years of his father's reign as king, George was associated with opposition politicians until they rejoined the governing party in 1720.As king from 1727, George exercised little control over British domestic policy, which was largely controlled by the Parliament of Great Britain. As elector, he spent twelve summers in Hanover, where he had more direct control over government policy. He had a difficult relationship with his eldest son, Frederick, who supported the parliamentary opposition. During the War of the Austrian Succession, George participated at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, and thus became the last British monarch to lead an army in battle. In 1745 supporters of the Catholic cla

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