Description
Denomination: Silver milled shilling
Period: Hanoverian
Date: 1787
Origin: London mint
Condition: VF. holed for attachment
Obverse: Older laureate and draped bust. right. legend around. reeded edge
Reverse: Cruciform of shields. Hanoverian arms (without semee of hearts) crowns in each angle
Size and Weight: 25mm. 5.99g
References: Spink 3743
Features and Provenance: The reign of George III was to be the longest. at the time. of any British monarch and saw such notable events as: the French Revolution. the American War of Independence. and the Battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo. Indeed. the term ‘the king’s shilling’ arose when soldiers were given shillings when enlisting during the Napoleonic wars.
George became king in 1760 at the age of 22. A pious man. he loathed corruption and sought. maybe rather naively. to rid the court and government of ‘bad men’. He later admitted defeat and concluded ‘We must call in bad men to govern bad men!’. His lapses into insanity in later life have now been attributed to porphyria. an imbalance in the body that poisons the nervous system. His last ten years were particularly sad. spending them isolated in a set of rooms in Windsor Castle. He died at the age of 82. in 1820. having been a much loved monarch by the people. if not his governments.
Condition Summary. This varies with the age of coin and there are grades between
Uncirculated (U). As struck with no traces of wear
Extremely Fine (EF). Very slight traces of wear. all parts of legend etc present. visible and clear
Very Fine (VF). Some signs of wear on the higher parts of the relief. all parts of legend etc present. but maybe worn
Fine (F). Wear on the coin and parts of legend etc may be missing or not visible
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