E-auction 161-98574 - fwo_393211 - UNITED KINGDOM 1 Farthing Georges III tête laurée 1799 Soho

UNITED KINGDOM 1 Farthing Georges III tête laurée 1799 Soho VF

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Estimate :	35 €
Price :	11 €
Maximum bid :	17 €
End of the sale :	16 May 2016 17:43:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 1 Farthing Georges III tête laurée

Date: 1799

Mint name / Town : Soho

Quantity minted : -

Metal : copper

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 6,15 g.

Edge : tranche de sécurité

Catalogue references :

Sp.3779

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX / 1799.

Obverse description : Buste drapé et lauré à droite du roi Georges III.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BRITANNIA *1 FARTHING*.

Reverse description : Britannia assise à gauche sur un bouclier.

Commentary

Georges III (1738-1820) est le petit-fils de Georges II et le fils de Frédéric-Louis (1707-1751), prince de Galles, et d'Augusta de Saxe Gotha. Il succéda à Georges II en 1760. Atteint de crises de démence de plus en plus prononcées, son fils Georges IV dut assurer la régence à partir de 1810.
Georges III (1738-1820) is the grandson of Georges II and the son of Frédéric-Louis (1707-1751), Prince of Wales, and Augusta de Saxe Gotha. He succeeded Georges II in 1760. Suffering from increasingly pronounced attacks of dementia, his son Georges IV had to assume the regency from 1810.