Live auction - fwo_989586 - GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE III 1 Dollar ou 5 Shillings, contremarqué M 1804 Londres
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| Estimate : | 900 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 01 April 2025 19:16:13 |
Type : 1 Dollar ou 5 Shillings, contremarqué M
Date: 1804
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 41 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,69 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été nettoyée, contremarque M à l’avers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Collection d’un descendant du Comte Jacques Defermon (1752-1831) ministre d'État et directeur des finances de 1808 à 1815
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX.
Obverse description : Buste de Georges III, lauré et cuirassé, à droite.
Obverse translation : (Georges III par la grâce de Dieu roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BANK OF - ENGLAND/ 1804.
Reverse description : Au centre dans un médaillon surmonté d'une couronne avec la légende FIVE SHILLINGS/ DOLLAR : Britannia assise à gauche sur un rocher, appuyée sur l'Union Jack, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche ; le bouclier est posé sur une corne d'abondance renversée déversant de l'argent .
Reverse translation : (Banque d'Angleterre).
Commentary
Cette pièce est aussi un dollar de commerce, correspondant à 5 shillings jusqu’en 1804, réévaluée à 5 shillings et 6 pence jusqu’à son retrait en 1817.
This coin is also a trade dollar, corresponding to 5 shillings until 1804, revalued to 5 shillings and 6 pence until its withdrawal in 1817
This coin is also a trade dollar, corresponding to 5 shillings until 1804, revalued to 5 shillings and 6 pence until its withdrawal in 1817
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE III
(1760-1820)
George III (1738-1820) succeeded his grandfather in 1760 and reigned for sixty years. On this type of coinage, George is King of England, France and Ireland and Duke of Brunswick Lüneburg, without forgetting..... Defender of the Faith.
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