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GEORGE III Major Type Set

AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
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The following are the coins that make up a set of major types issued for Great Britain during the reign of George III. I have not listed patterns, counterstamped issues or minor variations.

GOLD:

Guinea - Young busts/First reverse 1761-1773
Guinea - Older Bust/First reverse 1774-1786
Guinea - Spade type 1787-1799
Guinea - Military type 1813

Half Guinea - Young bust/First reverse 1762-1775
Half Guinea - Older bust/First reverse 1775-1786
Half Guinea - Spade type 1787-1800
Half Guinea - Garter reverse 1801-1803
Half Guinea - Short Hair bust/Garter 1804-1813

Third Guinea - First bust 1797-1803
Third Guinea - Second bust 1804-1813

Quarter Guinea - Young bust 1762

Sovereign 1817-1820
Half Sovereign 1817-1820

SILVER:

Shilling - Northumberland type 1763
Shilling - Older bust 1787

Sixpence - 1787

Groat - Young bust 1763-1786
Groat - Older bust/Wire reverse 1792
Groat - Older bust/Normal reverse 1795-1800

Threepence - Young bust 1762-1786
Threepence - Older bust/Wire reverse 1792
Threepence - Older bust/Normal reverse 1795-1800

Halfgroat - Young bust 1763-1786
Halfgroat- Older bust/Wire reverse 1792
Halfgroat - Older bust/Normal reverse 1795-1800

Penny - Young bust 1763-1786
Penny - Older bust/Wire reverse 1792
Penny - Older bust/Normal reverse 1795-1800

Five Shillings - BOE issue 1804

Three Shillings - Drapped & Laurel bust 1811-1812
Three Shillings - Laurel bust 1812-1816

Eighteenpence - Drapped & Laurel bust 1811-1812
Eighteenpence - Laurel bust 1812-1816

Crown - 1818-1820

Halfcrown - Bullhead type 1816-1817
Halfcrown - Small head - 1817-1820

Shiling - 1816-1820

Sixpence - 1816-1820

Groat - 1817-1820

Threepence - 1817-1820

Halfgroat - 1817-1820

Penny - 1817-1820


COPPER:

Halfpenny - Tower Mint issue 1770-1775

Farthing - Tower Mint issue 1771-1775

Halfgroat - Cartwheel issue 1797

Penny - Cartwheel issue 1797

Halfpenny - Soho early issue 1799

Farthing - Soho early issue 1799

Penny - Soho later issue 1806-1807

Halfpenny - Soho later issue 1806-1807

Farthing - Soho later issue 1806-1807

My George III type set
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    Wow Aethelred, this is a great thread!
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow Aethelred, this is a great thread! >>



    Thank you, I thought you'd like it.
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,413 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    You forgot to log in as one of your alt IDs, aethelred!image
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    Hey Aethelred, did you just hear something?
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You forgot to log in as one of your alt IDs, aethelred!image >>



    What would those be?image
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    Sounds like you've started tipping them back even earlier than Lloyd!
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Sounds like you've started tipping them back even earlier than Lloyd! >>



    Been drinking tea all day, but not a drop of the sauce (yet).
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    What would those be?

    I have no intention of revealing your secrets - yet.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What would those be?

    I have no intention of revealing your secrets - yet. >>



    Read as = "I dunno - yet."image
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    Read as = "I dunno - yet."

    Oh, I know.

    I have said many times on this forum who your alter ego is....
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • LloydLloyd Posts: 887 ✭
    There was a large, high quality collection of George III bust types sold by Spinks two or three years back. Included all sorts of patterns in all metals.

    Now I'm bored...
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  • pythonpython Posts: 1,158
    Nice collection.
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    What no pictures?
    Bill

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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    "I have said many times on this forum who your alter ego is...." --Wybrit

    But sir! You've only mentioned ONE of them.



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    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    Looking at that list again makes my head swim!
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    What, your type set list or your list of alt IDs?
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What, your type set list or your list of alt IDs? >>



    But I don't have any alt IDs.image
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Half Guinea - Garter reverse 1801-1803 >>



    Isn't there a Girdle reverse of 1802? image
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Half Guinea - Garter reverse 1801-1803 >>



    Isn't there a Girdle reverse of 1802? image >>



    I already have the "Bra and Panties" type of 1774-1779.
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I already have the "Bra and Panties" type of 1774-1779. >>



    A revolutionary design, eh? image

    French cup variety or cross-your-heart? image
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    My main question would be, who in their right mind would want so many effigies of that goathead in their collection anyway?????

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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • pythonpython Posts: 1,158
    Aethelred, there's quite a bit of gold in that set. I'm glad it's not me attempting it.image
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Aethelred, there's quite a bit of gold in that set. I'm glad it's not me attempting it.image >>



    You would never confuse my progress with being anything like fast Brett, but it has been a blast!image
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