Spade' Guinea coin of George III
- PART OF:
- Collection of 564 coins
- Made:
- 1787
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseSpade' Guinea coin of George III
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spade' Guinea coin of George III
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Coin, gold. Spade Guinea of George III. Obv. GEORGIVS III DEIGRATIA. Bust of king to right, laureate. Rev. M'B'FETH REX'F'D'B'ETL'D'S R'I'AT. ET'E 1787. Shield pointed at the base and crowned; the arms are : 1, England and Scotland impaled ; 2, France; 3, Ireland ; and 4, the Electorate. Wt. 129 grains (8.36 grams). Bequeathed by Miss M. E. Waldo Sibthorp. V&A no. 1624–1902.
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1947-2/170
- Materials:
- gold (metal)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 8.36 g
- type:
- coin
Related Objects
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
Charles Green Aeronaut
Medal commemorating first free balloon stratospheric flight of Professor Auguste Piccard and Dr. Paul Kipfer
