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1 Guinea - George III Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1761 |
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| Weight | 8.35 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1761 |
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George III's accession in 1760 triggered a review of coinage design, and several pattern guineas were struck in 1761 as the new administration considered updating the portrait. None of the 1761 pattern designs entered circulation — the existing guinea coinage continued largely unchanged, and a substantive reform would not arrive until Matthew Boulton's steam-press revolution decades later.
Patterns of this period were struck in very small numbers, primarily for royal approval and cabinet presentation. KM#Pn40 is among a handful of documented survivors.