Half Guinea 1801, Coin from United Kingdom

Half Guinea 1801, Coin from United Kingdom (demonetised 1816)

Coin	Half Guinea 1801

Mint	Royal Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	unknown , Rarity: S (Scarce)
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Obverse
Laureate head of King George III facing right; around, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA.

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.

Reverse Inscription	HONI SOI QUI MAL Y PENSE 1801 BRITANNIANUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

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Half Guinea 1801: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mint

All (11) coins of type: Half Guinea

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Half Guinea 1801	unknown	Portrait by Lewis Pingo (Sixth Head)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1802	unknown	Portrait by Lewis Pingo (Sixth Head)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1803	unknown	Portrait by Lewis Pingo (Sixth Head)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1804	unknown	Seventh Head (Military Portrait)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1805	unknown	Seventh Head (Military Portrait)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1806	unknown	Seventh Head (Military Portrait)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1808	unknown	Seventh Head (Military Portrait)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1809	unknown	Seventh Head (Military Portrait)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1810	unknown	Seventh Head (Military Portrait)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1811	unknown	Seventh Head (Military Portrait)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Half Guinea 1813	unknown	Seventh Head (Military Portrait)	GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA

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Half Guinea 1801: Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
Coin Type	Half Guinea
Issued	1801
Monarch	King George III
Effigy	Portrait by Lewis Pingo (Sixth Head)
Face Value	10 1/2 (x Shilling)
Total Mintage	unknown, Rarity: S (Scarce)
Current	No; demonetised 1816
Material	0.9167 Gold
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin Alignment (Axis 6)
Mass	4.1750 g
OCC ID	DBYN-KODD-CJMW-OPQM

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Half Guinea 1801: Photos

Image	Details
	Great Britain 1801 1/2 guinea Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Stack's Bowers Source
	Great Britain 1801 1/2 guinea Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Stack's Bowers Source
	Gold 1/2 guinea, Great Britain Copyright: American Numismatic Society / CC BY NC Source
	Gold 1/2 guinea, Great Britain Copyright: American Numismatic Society / CC BY NC Source

Half Guinea 1801: Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
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

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