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George III 1797 cartwheel Twopence

George III (1760-1820), copper Twopence, 1797, small laureate and draped bust right, K.. raised on truncation for engraver C H Kuchler, legend incuse on raised rim, GEORGIUS III. D: G. REX. rev. Britannia seated left on rock with trident and shield, holding olive branch, ship sailing right to left, SOHO raised on rock below, date incuse on rim below, BRITANNIA., weight 55.68g (Peck 1077 from die 1b; S.3776). With a bronzed hue, very fine.

The Latin legends translate as on obverse "George III, by the grace of God, King" and on the reverse "of the Britons."

The largest copper coin ever struck in the UK when two ounces of copper was worth a Twopence face value, such large pieces were struck using the steam powered machinery introduced to the Soho Mint by James Watt and William Murdoch. They were struck in Matthew Boulton's Soho manufactory in Birmingham.

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