Admiral Anson

-Thursday, 04 September 2025

Our numismatic term of the week is "Admiral Anson". Admiral Anson (1697-1762) circumnavigated the globe and brought back silver and gold which he had captured from the Spanish. But not off Lima Peru. The coins that were struck by George II with Lima below his bust might just indicate that the coins captured carried the Lima mintmark.

Admiral Anson - Coincraft