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What coin is this, 1820 with King George 3rd

49thStateofMind49thStateofMind Posts: 231
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Sorry for the bum pics

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  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭
    If its dime size it's a sixpence , nearer quarter size but not quite quarter size it's a shilling.
  • RobPRobP Posts: 483 ✭✭
    It purports to be a shilling based on the position of the Garter legend relative to the shield, but based on colour and detail I think it is probably a contemporary brass copy. The reasoning being the 5 blobs in your image to the right of the rampant lion should be 3 and other shield detail just doesn't look right. Shillings are 23-4mm dia., sixpences 19mm. For visual comparison:

    A genuine GIII shilling.
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    A genuine GIII sixpence.
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    A contemporary counterfeit GIII shilling with most of the original silvering intact, but you can see a small amount of the underlying copper core in the centre of the reverse.
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  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭
    That's well spotted RobP , image
    Are the "blobs" actually fluer-de-lys beside the Rampant lion ? Just going by memory.
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