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Detailed information about coin type: Crown (St George within Garter) from United Kingdom:
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom | Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) |
| Sub-type of | Crown | Sub-types | |
| Face value | 5 (x Shilling) | ||
| Years produced | 1818 - 1820 | Current | No (demonetised 1971) |
| Material | 0.925 Silver | Designer | Benedetto Pistrucci |
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round |
| Size (mm) | 39 | Thickness (mm) | |
| Mass (g) | 28.2760 | ||
| Obverse | Effigy of the ruling British monarch, legend. |
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| Obverse inscription | Legend of the ruling British monarch | ||
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| Edge | Milled or Inscribed | Edge inscription | |
Coin - Crown, George III, Great Britain, 1818 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
Coin - Crown, George III, Great Britain, 1818 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
| Name | Mintage | Reign | Effigy | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown 1818 | 155,232 | King George III | Portrait by Benedetto Pistrucci (Laureate Head) | GEORGIVS III D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1818 |
| Crown 1819 | 683,496 | King George III | Portrait by Benedetto Pistrucci (Laureate Head) | GEORGIVS III D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1819 |
| Crown 1820 | 448,272 | King George III | Portrait by Benedetto Pistrucci (Laureate Head) | GEORGIVS III D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1820 |
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