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George III 1806 Half-Guinea, seventh head

Regular price £750
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George III (1760-1820), gold Half Guinea, 1806, seventh laureate head right, legend surrounding GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA,rev.quartered shield of arms with crowned escutcheon of the arms of Hanover, all within crowned garter, Old French legend on garter HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE., date below, legend commences upper right, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, weight 4.20g (Bull EGC 851; MCE 443; S.3737). Once cleaned, softly struck at centre of head, otherwise good very fine.

The Latin legend on obverse translates as "George the Third by the Grace of God", then on the reverse continuing as "King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith". The Old French motto on the reverse garter translates as "evil to him who evil thinks".

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