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George III 1766 Half-Guinea second bust AU55, very rare date
George III (1760-1820),gold Half-Guinea, 1766, second laureate head right, legend GEORGIVS. III DEI. GRATIA., toothed border around rim both sides,rev.crowned quartered shield of arms, date either side of crown, legend M.B.F.ET.H. REX. F.D.B. ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T ET.E. (Schneider -; Bull EGC 804 R3; MCE 409; S.3732).Toned with some residual brilliance evident in legend, some slight surface marks, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as AU55 and a very rare date.
NGC certification 6320346-002.
The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George the Third by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius et Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."
The total output of gold for the calendar year of 1766 was £758,347, one of the lower amounts for the reign, where later years in the spade type guineas run to over three million pounds, with the peak year actually in the fourth head type for 1776 with just over five million pounds produced.