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1/3 Farthing - George IV
| Issuer | British Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Value | ⅓ Farthing (1⁄2880) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped left-facing bust of George IV, engraved by William Wyon in a neoclassical style, occupying the central field. The king wears a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the nape, with his curled hair rendered in fine relief. The peripheral legend reads GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, running clockwise from the lower left, with the date 1827 positioned in the lower exergual area. The coin is bordered by a continuous toothed milling around the entire circumference. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1827 · (Translation: George the Fourth by the Grace of God) |
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The 1/3 Farthing was struck exclusively for circulation in Malta, where the local monetary system required a coin equivalent to one grain — a denomination with no practical use in Britain itself. George IV's government authorized the issue to facilitate small transactions in the island colony, where existing British fractions didn't map cleanly onto local pricing conventions. The 1827 date is the only year this denomination was struck for George IV, with mintage figures modest enough that circulated survivors in decent condition are genuinely scarce.