George III Guinea Collection
1797
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
GREAT BRITAIN 1707-1815 |
| Item Description: |
GUINEA 1797 G.britain |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 61 |
| Owner: |
Shirley's Coins |
Owner Comments:
George III (1760-1820), gold Guinea, 1797, 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 8.39g (MCE 401; EGC 730; S.3729).
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."