GREAT BRITAIN: George III, 1760-1820, AR dollar, 1804, KM-Tn1, S-3768, Bank of England issue, with traces of understruck coin visible, VF. This type was overstruck on Spanish American 8 reales coins by the Bank of England with a value of 5 shillings to supplement a deficiency in British regal coinage. The coins were struck by the Soho Mint, Birmingham between 1804 and 1811, though all bear the date 1804. Initially valued at 5 shillings, they were re-valued at 5 shillings 6 pence in 1811 and were withdrawn in 1817-1818. Dies were designed by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. He was a German engraver who from 1793 until his death worked as a designer of coinage and medals for the manufacturer and mint owner Matthew Boulton.
Estimate: 175-225 USD