Description
Country or authority: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Year or date range: 1819
Denomination: Crown (5 shillings)
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: George III
Mint or mintmark: Royal Mint, London
Catalogue references: Spink S.3787; KM 675
Obverse description: Laureate head of George III facing right, without drapery or armour. Legend: GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D:. Date 1819 below; small, worn engraver’s signature beneath the neck truncation. Toothed border.
Reverse description: Helmeted St George, wearing a flowing cape and holding a sword, mounted on a horse facing right above a fallen dragon. Surrounding garter bears HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, with its buckle below. Worn engraver’s signature in the exergue; toothed border.
Description and condition notes: Note the surface marks and coin has signs of old cleaning.
