Latest buy. the mad king

[edteach]

George the 3rd. Not really into English coins but it was only $11.

[JAZ Numismatics]

Imagine being old George III and losing the American Colonies over taxes that would amount to a pittance by today's standards! Why are so many heads of state such insufferably stubborn megalomaniacs? Nice coin - doesn't look like it's been harshly cleaned.

[Kali]

I have all the denominations for George III except any gold.

Here is a cartwheel.

George III (1760 - 1820 A.D.)

Æ "Cartwheel" 2 Pence
O: GEORGIUS III D G REX, Laureate, draped, and armored bust right.
R: BRITANNIA, Britannia seated left on rocks, holding branch and trident; shield to right; in background, ship under sail right upon waves. 
Soho (Birmingham) mint, 1797. 
41mm
54.73g
6h
Peck 1077; SCBC 3776; KM 619.

[John Conduitt]

I have a lot of George III. Not quite all denominations because he had a lot of them.

It's a strange coincidence that the worst, most insufferable English rulers were the ones wth the most interesting coinage - Henry VIII, Charles I, George III, even the likes of Stephen. I think it's something to do with them always picking fights, which means they needed lots of coins without necessarily having the silver to make them.

George III Threepence, 1763

London. Silver, 18mm, 1.48g. Young laureate and draped bust of King George III right, legend around; GEORGIVS·III·DEI·GRATIA·. Central denomination below crown dividing date, legend around; MAG·BRI·FR·ET·HIB·REX·17 62·; 3 (S 3763). In the 1700s low-denomination silver coins were struck for general circulation while also being used for Maundy. In the 1800s special coins were struck specifically for Maundy that had a similar design to the earlier coins. 
 

George III Eighteenpence Bank of England Token, 1815

London. Silver, 27mm, 7.31g. Head 2; GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX.BANK TOKEN 1s 6d, 1815, within wreath of oak leaves (S 3772). Issued by the Bank of England during the Napoleonic Wars, prior to the 1816 British Currency Act. As these coins were not Crown coinage, they were classed as bank tokens.

George III Penny, 1806

Soho, Birmingham. Copper, 34mm, 17.74g. Engraved "To PERPETUATE Royalty £50,000 a Year to a German Whelp LEOPOLD". "1833 Machinery Puff and Humbug The Order of the DAY" (S 3780). When Princess Charlotte died in 1817 her widower, Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was given an annuity of £50,000 a year. In 1831 Leopold acceded to the throne of newly-independent Belgium, yet the annuity continued to be paid into a trust for him. In 1833 it became more widely known that the annuity was still being paid to a foreign monarch, causing widespread outrage.

[ominus1]

..lQQks like a bargain  🙂

[Qcumbor]

If not the dude I think his coinage is attractive

Six pence - 1787

 

Cartwheel Tuppence - 1797

 

Penny - 1807

 

Shilling - 1816

 

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[Edessa]

George III. AD 1760-1820. AR Bank of England Dollar. Dated AD 1804. (current for 5s). Overstruck on a Spanish-American 8 Reales, probably of Carlos IV. Ref: Bull 1925; ESC 144; SCBC 3768. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 5747175-002, graded AU 58. Ex CNG Keystone 11 (3 Mar 2023), Lot 628.