George III 1797 Half-Guinea, 5th bust, AU55, spade reverse crowned cruciform Post-Union wide shields

crowned cruciform Post-Union wide shields

this is the rarest variation of the 1804 Half Guinea and was the only one found in a sample of 128 coins

the III over a more rotated III

upper legend :FID: DEF: : IND: IMP: 1937

struck on a broad flan and of particularly good style

George III 1797 Half-Guinea, 5th bust, AU55, spade reverse crowned cruciform Post-Union wide shieldsGeorge III (1760 1820), gold Half Guinea, 1797, fifth laureate head right, legend GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA., rev. crowned quartered spade shaped shield of arms, date at bottom, legend commences lower left, M. B. F. ET. H. REX. F. D. B. ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E. (Schneider 621; Bull EGC 840; MCE 436; S. 3735). Toned with some light hairlines, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU55.