- COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE : United Kingdom
- CERTIFICATION : Uncertified
- GRADE : Ungraded
- YEAR : 1815
- CIRCULATED/UNCIRCULATED : Circulated
- COMPOSITION : Silver
- DENOMINATION : 3 SHILLINGS
- KM NUMBER : KM# Tn5
- COUNTRY/REGION : England
Great Britain
George III (1760-1820)
Silver 1815 3 Shilling Bank of England Token
Circulation Marks,34mm
S-3770;KM# Tn5
Obverse: Laureate portrait of King George
III right, legend around.
Lettering: GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA REX
Translation: George the Third by the Grace of God King
Engraver: Lewis Pingo
Reverse: Legend above denomination and date, all within an oak wreath.
These Bank of England tokens were struck to
a standard weight of 227 grains, comprising 202.4 grains pure silver and 24.6
grains alloy.
Minted during the Napoleonic Wars, when the Royal Mint was not producing Crown
coinage but rather pieces issued under the authority of the Bank of England,
thus technically a token although its purity of metal caused it to be accepted
as money. The era of official circulating token coinage that began with the
countermarking of Spanish American 8 Reales, would end with the final issue of
this type when the New Coinage began to appear. Sometimes this last type is
called the Bare Head style but as may be observed the king wore a laurel around
his head
REF 19 816
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