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Lot 63:
Description
George III (1762-1820), silver Sixpence, 1820, laureate head right, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III D:G BRITT: REX:, rev. crowned shield in garter, edge milled, crowned lion standing left on large crown over emblems, legend commences lower left, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, 2.82g (ESC 1638; Bull 2205; Davies 106; S.3791). Lightly toned, extremely fine. George IV (1820-30), silver Sixpence, 1829, second bare head left, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, rev. inverted die axis, crowned lion standing left on large crown over emblems, legend commences lower left, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, 2.83g (ESC 1666; Bull 2439; Davies 287; S.3815). Lightly toned, almost extremely fine, reverse better. (2)
Condition report:
Mintage 1,488,960.The Latin legend translates as George the Third by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith.Mintage 403,920The Latin obverse legend translates as George IV by the Grace of God, and on the reverse King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith.
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