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Detailed information about Coin: Crown 1820 from United Kingdom
| Description | The edge lettering reads "DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI LX." (An ornament and a guard. Regnal year 60.). |
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| Country | United Kingdom | Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | ||||||
| Face value | 5 (x Shilling) | Type | Crown (St George within Garter) | ||||||
| Year | 1820 | Current | No (demonetised 1971) | ||||||
| Mintage | 448,272 (448272) | ||||||||
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| Material | 0.925 Silver | Designer | Benedetto Pistrucci | ||||||
| Monarch | King George III | Effigy | Portrait by Benedetto Pistrucci (Laureate Head) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 39 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 28.2760 | ||||||||
| Obverse | Laureate head of King George III facing right; below in small letters, the artist's name, PISTRUCCI; around GEORGIVS III D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1820. |
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| Obverse inscription | GEORGIVS III D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1820 | ||||||||
| Reverse | At centre St. George, wearing a helmet and cape and holding a sword, on horseback charging to right attacking a dragon lying below the horse with a broken lance in its side; in exergue in small letters, the artist's name, PISTRUCCI; encircling all, the Garter with motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE. |
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| Reverse inscription | HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE | ||||||||
| Edge | Inscribed (raised lettering) | Edge inscription | DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI LX. | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof | unknown | |
| Overate 1820/19 | unknown (included in main number) |
Coin - Crown, George III, Great Britain, 1820 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
Coin - Crown, George III, Great Britain, 1820 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Great Britain KM# 675 |
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | 3787 |
| Davenport | 103 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | link | |
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mint | ||
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mintage | ||
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Varieties | Proof, overdate 1820/19 |
| 1820-LX George III British Silver Crown - Silveragecoins.com | 1820/19-LX George III British Silver Crown - Silveragecoins.com |
| Museums Victoria: Coin - Crown, George III, Great Britain, 1820 | Great Britain 1820 crown - CoinFactsWiki |
| American Numismatic Society: Silver crown, Great Britain |
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