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1/2 Guinea - George III 4th portrait
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1775-1786 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of George III facing right, rendered in the fourth portrait style as engraved by Thomas Pingo. The king's hair is elaborately styled in flowing curls beneath the laurel wreath, with the truncation of the bust visible at the lower field. The surrounding Latin legend reads GEORGIVS·III·DEI·GRATIA·, separated by raised dots, running clockwise from the lower left. The portrait exhibits the refined neoclassical character typical of late 18th-century Royal Mint coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS·III·DEI·GRATIA· (Translation: George the Third by the Grace of God) |
| Reverse description | The quartered royal arms of Great Britain are displayed on an ornate baroque shield surmounted by the imperial crown. The four quarters bear, in sequence: the three passant guardant lions of England (quarters one and four), the rampant lion of Scotland (quarter two), the fleurs-de-lis of France (quarter two, impaled), and the stringed harp of Ireland (quarter three), with the inescutcheon of Hanover at centre. Elaborate foliate and scrollwork mantling flanks the shield on either side. The date, divided as 17 and 86, appears within the surrounding Latin legend, which runs continuously around the coin's periphery. |
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