Five Shillings 1804, Coin from United Kingdom

Five Shillings 1804, Coin from United Kingdom (demonetised 1818)

Coin	Five Shillings 1804

Overstruck Spanish American 8 Real coin issued by the Bank of England with a value of 5 shillings to supplement a deficiency in British silver coins. The coins were struck by the Soho Mint, Birmingham between 1804 and 1811, though all bear the date 1804. They were re-valued at 5 shillings 6 pence in 1811 and were withdrawn in 1817-1818.

Proofs were also stuck on specially prepared flans, so these do not show a ghost of a host coin unlike many of the circulation coins.

Mint	Soho Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	unknown

Obverse
Laureate and draped bust of King George III facing right; around, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX. On neck truncation in small letters, the artist's initials C H K (for Conrad Heinrich Küchler).

Obverse Inscription	GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX

Reverse
At centre within a crowned oval band inscribed, FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR, Britainnia seated facing left holding a spear and extending an olive branch, her left arm rests on a shield which in turn rests on a cornucopia from which fruit flows; to left. a beehive; around, BANK OF ENGLAND 1804. A small K at left side of shield (designer's initial, for [Conrad Heinrich] Küchler).

Reverse Inscription	FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR BANK OF ENGLAND 1804

Edge		Edge Inscription

Five Shillings 1804: Known varieties

Variety	Proof
Mintage	Issued: unknown

Five Shillings 1804: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Museums Victoria Collections	2016	Coin description	link
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mint
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins		Varieties		Proof

All (1) coins of type: Five Shillings

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Five Shillings 1804	unknown	Second laureate bust by Conrad Küchler	GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX

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Five Shillings 1804: Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
Coin Type	Five Shillings
Issued	1804
Monarch	King George III
Effigy	Second laureate bust by Conrad Küchler
Face Value	5 (x Shilling)
Total Mintage	unknown
Material	0.903 Silver
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round

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Five Shillings 1804: Photos

Image	Details
	George III, Silver Dollar, 1804 Copyright: JNCoins Source
	George III, Silver Dollar, 1804 Copyright: JNCoins Source
	Coin - Emergency Bank of England Dollar, George III, Great Britain, 1804-1811 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source
	Coin - Emergency Bank of England Dollar, George III, Great Britain, 1804-1811 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source
	Coin - Emergency Bank of England Dollar, George III, Great Britain, 1804-1811 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Notes: Host coin visible. To the right of the date the remnant of the original mint mark PTS (monogram) of the Potosi Mint, Bolivia. Source
	Coin - Emergency Bank of England Dollar, George III, Great Britain, 1804-1811 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Notes: Host coin visible. Spanish legend under the King's effigy. Source

Five Shillings 1804: Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Great Britain KM# Tn1, KM# Tn1a (Proof)
Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom	3768
Davenport	101

Relevant Links

Museums Victoria: Emergency Bank of England Dollar, George III, Great Britain, 1804

Five Shillings 1804, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information