Great Britain George III Silver 1815 3 Shilling Bank of England Token KM# Tn5(6)

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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