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George III five-shilling dollar copper pattern coin
喬治三世五先令銅樣幣
Item number: A330
Year: AD 1804
Material: Copper
Size: 38.8 x 38.8 mm
Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024
This specimen is a pattern coin of King George III, minted in AD 1804 at the Soho Mint, with a value of five shillings. It is composed of copper. On the obverse, it showcases a laureate and draped bust of King George III facing right, surrounded by the Latin inscription “GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX,” which translates to “George the Third by the Grace of God King.” The reverse features Britannia seated to the left, holding an olive branch in her right hand and a spear in her left, with a shield bearing the Union flag to her left, a beehive to her left, and a cornucopia to her right, all within a garter surmounted by a castellated “crown” of five circular stone turrets. Surrounding these images is the inscription “BANK OF ENGLAND FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR 1804.”
Patterns are prototypes intended for coins that, in most cases, were never approved for circulation. During the Napoleonic Wars in AD 1804, when silver availability was severely restricted, the Bank of England was authorized to overstrike Spanish dollars, assigning them a value of 5 shillings. Utilizing Watt’s steam engine, a press was developed that could efficiently obliterate the designs on Spanish coins and replace them with new ones. These coins were struck between AD 1804 and AD 1811, all bearing the date AD 1804.
As the price of silver rose, the Bank’s dollars quickly gained value, prompting the Bank to announce that it would accept its 5 shillings dollars at a rate of 5 shillings and 6 pence. In AD 1811, plans were revealed for new tokens in denominations of 5 shillings and 6 pence, 3 shillings, and 1 shilling and 6 pence. By the end of AD 1816, the extensive recoinage at the Mint was nearly complete, and the Bank coins, which had amounted to nearly £4.5 million, were soon withdrawn from circulation.
While the 5 shillings and 6 pence coin was never issued, specimens exist, some displaying a Britannia design that lacks the olive branch or bank of money, and another with inscriptions only on the reverse, akin to those used on smaller denominations that were indeed issued from AD 1811 to AD 1816.
物件編號: A330
年代: 公元 1804 年
材料: 銅
尺寸: 38.8 x 38.8 mm
來源: 福君錢幣 2024
這枚乃公元1804年於索霍造幣廠鑄造之喬治三世面值五先令銀幣的樣幣,其材質為銅。正面展示喬治三世戴桂冠、披袍的右臉像,周圍環繞拉丁文銘文「GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX」,意為「蒙上帝之恩,喬治三世國王」。背面則可見面向左邊,呈現坐姿的不列顛尼亞。她右手持橄欖枝,左手持矛,身旁有聯合旗幟的盾牌、左邊有蜂箱、右邊有豐饒角,所有圖案置於由五座圓形石塔組成的城堡式「皇冠」的環繞下。圖案四周刻有「BANK OF ENGLAND FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR 1804」的銘文。