1813 Guinea Military George III

George III 1813 Military Guinea
The 1813 Guinea is the last guinea to be struck with a 14 year gap between the last spade guinea design of 1799 and new design of 1813, the 1813 guinea is know as the Military guinea, this was produced to pay the English soldiers advancing into France, was only produced for a very short time of just 5 months from February to June
This example is very nice with very few marks that are often found of these coins, this coin is vey pleasing in the hand in Extremely fine condition

Obv: features George III fifth laureate head and is inscribed GEORGIVS.III.DEI.GRATIA.

Rev: features a quartered shield of arms, surrounded by a crowned garter which is inscribed HONI. SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y. The Reverse is also inscribed BRITANNIARUM.REX .FIDEI.DEFENSOR.

Struck in 22ct gold – weight 8.4 grams – Diameter 24mm

Spink 3730

Code: 99