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Description
George III of the House of Hanover, King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820 AD, Silver Dollar (26.93g, 39mm), second emergency issue authorized 2nd January 1804, ‘laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of George III within incuse octagon’ countermark on a Spanish Empire 8 Reales of King Charles IV dated 1794 FM, Mexico City mint, Viceroyalty of New Spain (KM-109). Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of King Charles IV facing to the right, date below, legend surrounds, “·CAROLUS· IIII· DEI· GRATIA·”, ‘laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of George III within incuse octagon’ countermark over bust. Reverse: Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Spain, Pillars of Hercules type (1700-1868), legend surrounds with mintmark, denomination and assayer’s initials toward the end, “·HISPAN· ET IND· REX·”. Bull-1868; S-3766; KM-656. Offering a lovely host coin of charming appeal and nice detail, unfortunately with a rim test cut to 0.30h obverse and the counterstamp unevenly struck resulting a weak strike and the top portion more recessed, host coin good Very Fine, counter stamp the same.
The Latin legend of the Spanish Empire host coin is the Royal titulature of King Charles IV of Spain, beginning on the obverse and continuing on the reverse, reading unabridged as “Carolus quārtus, Deī grātiā, Hispāniae et Indiae rēx”, with an English translation of “Charles the fourth, by the Grace of God, King of Spain and the Indies”.
