WILLIAM IV. (1830 to 1837.)

DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Crown, Half-crown, Shilling, Sixpence,

Groat or Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Penny, Three-halfpence.

_Gold._ Double-sovereign, Sovereign, Half-sovereign. _Copper._ Penny,

Halfpenny, Farthing.

OBVERSE.--_Type._ Dexter bust profile, undraped, hair short.

_Legend._ GVLIELMVS IIII D. G. BRITANNIAR. REX F. D.

REVERSE.--_Type._ Half-crown, ermine robe surmounted by the crown, tied

at the corners with cord and tassels, on the robe are the royal arms

in a plain square shield, beneath which is the collar and badge of the

Order of the Garter; dated with the word ANNO.; Shilling and Sixpence,

within a wreath formed by branches of olive and oak is the value, ONE

SHILLING.--SIXPENCE. in two lines, a crown above, beneath the wreath

the date; Fourpence, figure of Britannia, FOUR PENCE, date in exergue.

Maundy money, value, crowned, within a wreath of oak branches.

_Gold._ All the same bust as on the silver. Five-pound-piece, a pattern

piece only; Double-sovereign, with arms, with mantle, garter, and

crown; Sovereign, Half-sovereign, bust as before; reverse, royal arms

in ornamental shield.

_Copper._ Pence, Halfpence, and Farthings, bust as before, date under

the head, GULIELMUS IIII DEI GRATIA; reverse, Britannia, as last

coinage of George IV.; beneath the figure, rose, thistle, and shamrock,

BRITANNIAR REX. FID. DEF. Several colonial and other coins were also

struck in silver and copper.

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