Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 8 15 Feb 2023
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George III (1760-1820), silver Halfcrown, 1817, last coinage, second small laureate bust right, designed by Benedetto Pistrucci, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered ornate shield of arms overlaid with smaller shield in centre, all within garter, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, Old French motto HONI. SOIT. Q MAL. Y. PENSE. on garter, edge milled (ESC 618; S.3789). Toned with some underlying mint lustre, graded by NGC as MS64.
NGC Certification 6381520-005
The Latin legend on the obverse translates as "George the Third by the Grace of God", continuing on the reverse as "King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith", and the Old French motto on the reverse garter as "Shame on he who thinks ill of it".
NGC Certification 6381520-005
The Latin legend on the obverse translates as "George the Third by the Grace of God", continuing on the reverse as "King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith", and the Old French motto on the reverse garter as "Shame on he who thinks ill of it".