fwo_880538 - GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE IV 1 Crown “SECUNDO” 1822
130.00 €(Approx. 140.40$ | 111.80£)
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Type : 1 Crown “SECUNDO”
Date: 1822
Quantity minted : 125000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,21 g.
Edge : inscription en relief DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI SECUNDO.
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Traces de PVC au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIVS IIII D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D:.
Obverse description : buste à gauche lauré de Georges IIII.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1822.
Reverse description : Saint Georges terrassant le dragon.
Commentary
La Couronne (Crown) a été introduite en Angleterre par la réforme monétaire d’Henri VIII en 1526. Elle vaut 5 Shillings. La dénomination “Crown” sera abandonnée en 1950 au profit de la mention “5 Shillings”..
Historical background
GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE IV
(01/29/1820-06/25/1830)
Georges IV (09/12/1762-06/25/1830) is the eldest son of Georges III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg. After a depraved youth, he became Regent in 1810 when his father's dementia was too serious. He married Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821). Their only daughter Charlotte (1796-1817) married Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the future King of the Belgians. His brothers Guillaume IV and Ernest-Auguste are respectively King of England and King of Hanover. His niece Victoria becomes queen. Georges IV is an ultra-conservative, sworn enemy of Napoleon and a traitor to the word given to the Emperor, whom he allows to be deported to the island of Saint Helena. He relies on Wellington to govern.
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