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Detailed information about Coin: Half Guinea 1801 from United Kingdom
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| Country | United Kingdom | Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | ||||||
| Face value | 10 1/2 (x Shilling) | Type | Half Guinea | ||||||
| Year | 1801 | Current | No (demonetised 1816) | ||||||
| Mintage | unknown | Rarity | S (Scarce) | ||||||
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| Material | 0.9167 Gold | Designer | |||||||
| Monarch | King George III | Effigy | Portrait by Lewis Pingo (Sixth Head) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | Thickness (mm) | ||||||||
| Mass (g) | 4.1750 | ||||||||
| Obverse | Laureate head of King George III facing right; around, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA. |
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| Obverse inscription | GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA | ||||||||
| Reverse | At centre, a shield set within the Garter, crowned; the shield is quartered with the arms of England, Scotland, France and Ireland with inescutcheon the arms of the Electorate of Brunswick and Luneburg surmounted by the Electoral cap; motto on the Garter; HONI SOI QUI MAL Y PENSE; the base of the Garter divides the date 1801; around, BRITANNIANUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR. |
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| Reverse inscription | HONI SOI QUI MAL Y PENSE 1801 BRITANNIANUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World | Great Britain 223 |
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Great Britain KM# 649 |
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | 3736 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mint |
| Great Britain 1801 1/2 guinea - CoinFactsWiki | American Numismatic Society: Gold 1/2 guinea, Great Britain |
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| Royal Mint Bullion |
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