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Great Britain - 1761

Coronation of King George III and Queen Charlotte

Obverse:

Conjoined, draped busts of George III and Queen Charlotte bare head, left. GEO . & : CHARLOTTE . CROWND . SEP . 22 . 1761

Size:

26.8 mm.

Reverse:

Inscription within closed wreath. VIRTUE & BEAUTY / (a device) /CROWN . OUR . KING / FREDOM . HIS / PEOPLE

Vern's Comments:

Actually there are a couple of problems with this identification. I first identified this as #48 but the reverse is clearly a variant of #47 (the variant being the misspelling of FREEDOM on this example). The obverse is also closer to #47 since the figure 2's are not reversed as mentioned on #48.

BHM:

See note to No. 21.

British Historical Medals, Volume I, p.12

Coronation of King George III and Queen Charlotte