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1 Farthing Gevkgv Atoete - Etaena Noa
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1780 |
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| Reference(s) | Atkins#478, Batty#1988 |
| Obverse description | Laureate bust of a monarch facing left, rendered in a crude, deliberately evasive style characteristic of 18th-century evasion tokens. The hair is depicted with flowing laurel leaves, and the portrait is purposely distorted to avoid direct imitation of the official George III coinage. A garbled legend encircles the bust in the field, reading GEVKGV ATOETE, a deliberate corruption of the standard royal legend to circumvent counterfeiting statutes. |
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| Reverse description | A stork or wading bird depicted in a crude, schematic style, standing upon or beside a cornucopia issuing flowers and foliage, occupying the central field of the token. The design is rendered in low relief consistent with the evasion token tradition, with deliberately imprecise engraving to avoid legal prosecution. A garbled legend, reading ETAENA NOA, encircles the design, representing a corrupted or nonsensical inscription characteristic of British evasion coinage of the period. |
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| Mintage | 1780 - Estimate |
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