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1 Guinea - George III Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1761 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#Pn41 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Centrally positioned crowned quartered shield of arms, displaying the arms of England (three passant guardant lions), Scotland (rampant lion within a double tressure), France (three fleurs-de-lis), Ireland (seated harp), and Hanover (the arms of Brunswick, Lüneburg, and Westphalia with the crown of Charlemagne), all enclosed within an ornate baroque cartouche surmounted by the Royal Crown. The date 1761 is divided and placed above the crown, flanking the upper legend. The circumferential Latin legend abbreviating the full royal titles of George III runs around the periphery. |
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George III's accession in 1760 prompted a review of the coinage, and several pattern guineas were produced in 1761 as the new administration considered a reformed gold series. None were adopted for circulation — the existing guinea design, essentially unchanged since the reign of William III, limped on for another half-century until the sovereign replaced it entirely in 1817.
Patterns of this period were typically struck in small numbers for Privy Council inspection or as presentation pieces, making survival rates genuinely low rather than artificially so.