DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Crown, Half-crown, Shilling, Sixpence,
Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Penny. _Gold._ Five-guinea,
Two-guinea, Guinea, Half-guinea, Quarter-guinea. _Copper._ Halfpenny,
Farthing.
OBVERSE.--_Type._ Dexter laureated bust profile, in armour and draped,
hair long and curled.
_Legend._ GEORGIVS D. G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. F. D.
REVERSE.--_Type._ Four crowned shields in cross. 1, England and
Scotland impaled; 2, France; 3, Ireland; 4, Brunswick, and Lunenberg
with Hanoverian escutcheon. Between the shields, on some, are a rose
and thistle or feathers alternately; on others, S. S. C. (South Sea
Company, silver), etc., indicative of the kind of silver of which
they are minted; in the centre is the star and cross of St. George.
Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, and Penny, values crowned.
_Legend._ BRVN. ET. L. DVX. S. R. I. A. TH. ET. EL., reading on
from the obverse; thus, in full, “Georgius, Dei gratia, Magnæ
Britanniæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, Brunsvicensis et
Lunenbergensis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Thesaurarius et Princeps
Elector” (or Elector only), and date.
_Edge._ DECVS ET TVTAMEN, and year of reign.
_Gold._ Same general type and legend as the silver.
_Copper._ Halfpence and Farthings. Obverse, dexter bust profile,
draped, laureated, GEORGIVS REX. Reverse, figure of Britannia,
BRITANNIA, date in exergue. The Farthing has a broad rim. Obverse,
Irish Halfpence, bust as before, undraped, GEORGIVS DEI GRATIA REX;
reverse, figure of Hibernia, with harp, HIBERNIA; date in same line.