Obverse: GEORGIVS.III . DEI.GRATIA. , laureate and cuirassed bust of George III facing right.
Reverse: M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E.1787. , cruciform pentagonal shields around star, crowns in angles, no hearts behind lion in Hanoverian shield.
Edge: Diagonally milled /////.
S 3743.

It is not generally realized that this issue without hearts was issued in error, corrected only after a large number had been minted.


Sold Jan 2016