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HM30456

George III 1793 Half-Guinea, fifth head, spade reverse

Regular price £1,350
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George III (1760-1820),gold Half-Guinea, 1793, fifth laureate head right, GEORGIVS .III. DEI.GRATIA,rev. spade shaped crowned quartered shield of arms, date below, legend reads in abbreviated Latin commencing lower left M.B.F. ET. H. REX. F.D. B.ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E., weight 4.19g (EGC 836; MCE 432; S.3735).Toned with a few flecks and plenty of underlying brilliance, a pleasing extremely fine.

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George III 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."

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