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Detailed information about Coin: Crown 1821 from United Kingdom
| Description | The edge lettering reads either "DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI SECUNDO." (An ornament and a guard. Regnal year 2.) or "DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI TERTIO." (Regnal year 3). |
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| Country | United Kingdom | Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | ||||||
| Face value | 5 (x Shilling) | Type | Crown (St George) | ||||||
| Year | 1821 | Current | No (demonetised 1971) | ||||||
| Mintage | 437,976 (437976) | ||||||||
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| Material | 0.925 Silver | Designer | Benedetto Pistrucci | ||||||
| Monarch | King George IV | 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 the King facing left; below in small letters the artist's initials, B.P. (Benedetto Pistrucci); around, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: |
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| Obverse inscription | GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: | ||||||||
| Reverse | St. George, wearing a helmet and cape and holding a sword, on horseback attacking to right, below the front of the horse a fallen dragon; in small letters at right side of exergue line the artist's initials, B.P. (Benedetto Pistrucci); in exergue, 1821. |
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| Reverse inscription | 1821 | ||||||||
| Edge | Inscribed (raised lettering) | Edge inscription | DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI SECUNDO. | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| TERTIO (Proof only) | unknown (included in main number) | (hover mouse for text) |
| SECUNDO (Proof) | unknown (included in main number) |
Coin - Crown, George IV, Great Britain, 1821 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
Coin - Crown, George IV, Great Britain, 1821 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# 680.1 (SECUNDO on edge) |
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | 3805 |
| Davenport | 104 |
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Great Britain KM# 680.2 (TERTIO on edge) |
| 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 | TERTIO and SECUNDO proofs |
| 1821 George IV British Silver "Laureate Head" Crown - Silveragecoins.com |
| Museums Victoria: Coin - Crown, George IV, Great Britain, 1821 | Great Britain 1821 crown - CoinFactsWiki |
| American Numismatic Society: Silver crown, London (England) |
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