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2. Double sovereign - Wikipedia

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   1817 (first used on double sovereign in 1820) The double sovereign is a gold coin of the United Kingdom with a face value of two pounds sterling (£2). Rarely issued in the first 150 years after its debut in 1820, it never had a significant presence in circulation. It became a collector and bullion coin, and has been struck most years since 1980.

3. Guinea (coin) - Wikipedia

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   George III, 1775 guinea George III, spade guinea, 1795. The guineas of King George III weighed 8.4 g (0.27 ozt) and were 25 mm (0.98 in) in diameter, with an average gold purity (at the time of the 1773 assay) of 0.9146 (meaning it contained 7.7 g (0.25 ozt) of gold). They were issued with six different obverses and three reverses in 1761, 1763 ...

4. History of the British penny (1714–1901) - Wikipedia

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   Into the reign of King George III (1760–1820), the silver penny continued to be used mostly as a Maundy piece. Pennies similar to those of previous reigns, but bearing George III's head and the inscription GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, [c] were struck in 1763, 1766, 1770, 1772, 1776, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784 and 1786. A new bust of the King was ...

5. George III - Wikipedia

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   Signature. George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector ...

6. Five pounds (gold coin) - Wikipedia

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   The five pound British gold coin, also known as a quintuple sovereign, has a nominal value of five pounds sterling. It has been struck intermittently since 1820, though as a circulation coin only in 1887, 1893 and 1902. Through most of its history, it has depicted, on its reverse, Benedetto Pistrucci 's portrayal of St George and the Dragon ...

7. Quarter guinea - Wikipedia

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   The Quarter guinea was a British coin minted only in the years 1718 and 1762. As the name implies, it was valued at one-fourth of a guinea, which at that time was worth twenty-one shillings (£1.05). The quarter guinea therefore was valued at five shillings and threepence in sterling specie . At the beginning of the reign of King George I (1714 ...

8. Third guinea - Wikipedia

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   Third guinea. Third guinea coin of George III. The seven shilling piece was introduced in Great Britain by a proclamation of 29 November 1797. [1] It has been called a third guinea, a guinea being worth 21 shillings in sterling specie. The gold coin was minted only in the reign of George III.

9. Half guinea - Wikipedia

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   George I. King George I 's half guinea coins were struck between 1715 and 1727 except 1716, with the elephant and castle sometimes appearing in 1721. The coins weighed 4.2 grams, were 20 millimetres in diameter, with a diagonally milled edge. The obverse shows the right-facing portrait of the king with the legend GEORGIVS D G M BR FR ET HIB REX ...