1822 GREAT BRITAIN Sterling Silver ONE CROWN King GEORGE IV + St George & DRAGON

Description: FOR the complete story, FULL DETAILS and BIG CLEAR PICTURES, Please SEE THE DESCRIPTION 1822 GREAT BRITAIN Sterling Silver ONE CROWN King GEORGE IV + St George & DRAGON Description This is an especially nice, large, very low mintage, sterling silver, "One Crown" from Great Britain. The second of only two dates this type was struck for circulation, it was produced by the Royal Mint in London and dated 1822 during the third regnal year of the reign of King George IV. There were two different types of "Crowns" struck for George IV. This, the first type, was struck in 1821 and 1822. Only proof coins of this design were struck in 1823. This type was designed by Benedetto Pistrucci, the Italian born gem engraver who was chief engraver at the mint. He also designed the famous and beautiful "Saint George & the Dragon" on the reverse and it is still used on British coins today. The King intensely disliked this portrait. In his opinion, it showed him much too lifelike, with bulging face and neck and wiry hair. In 1825 William Wyon redesigned the portrait and a new "Crowned Arms" reverse. Proof patterns were made in 1825 and the second type was struck for circulation in 1826 only. Weight: 27.62 Grams, 39 Millimeters, .925 Silver. Mintage: 125,000. As a comparison, the famous 1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln Cent had a mintage of 484,000 pieces. "Standard Catalog of World Coins" (1801-1900) by Krause-Mishler. #680.2. "Standard Catalog of English and UK Coins" by Coincraft. #G4CR-045. Obverse: GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: • George IV, by the grace of God, King of all the British territories and Defender of the Faith. • Laureate portrait of George IV by Pistrucci. His charm and culture earned George IV the title "The First Gentleman of England", but his bad relations with his father and wife, and his dissolute way of life earned him the contempt of the people and dimmed the prestige of the monarchy. As “Regent” for his “mad” father, George III, taxpayers were angry at his wasteful spending in time of war (against Napoleon). He did not provide national leadership in time of crisis, nor a role model for his people. His ministers found his behavior selfish, unreliable, and irresponsible. At all times he was much under the influence of favorites. When his father died and George IV held his Coronation in July of 1821, his wife, Queen Caroline, was not allowed into Westminster Abbey, even though she did try to enter. “I don’t care if you are the Queen, you can’t come in!”. Reverse: 1822 • Saint George killing the Dragon. • small: B. P. under ground line. • This famous and very beautiful design, by Benedetto Pistrucci, was first used during the reign of George III. It was altered for these Crowns. It was enlarged and the surrounding garter was dropped. This reverse would be resurrected for the "Jubilee" Crowns of Queen Victoria. It is on the modern British "Sovereign" gold coin. Arguably one of the most beautiful and enduring designs ever to be put on coinage. Still popular and still used after over 200 years. It's really impressive on a large crown sized coin like this. In the same rank as the classic coin designs like Augustus Saint-Gaudins' Striding Liberty now reused on the US Gold Bullion coins and Adolph Weinman's Walking Liberty, now on the Silver Bullion. The Coin: A moderately used example, it served as the medium of a few exchanges and earned the normal marks, dirt and normal wear. Also, for completeness, it has some serious scratches on the portrait, perhaps purposefully inflicted. The nice thing is that unlike so many old silver coins, especially big ones like this, it has escaped all the well meaning but uninformed coin cleaners. As grading is subjective, please see the pictures and judge for yourself. Remember, FREE SHIPPING! Payment I ship the day after cleared payment. Payment in US funds only please. 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