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GEORGE III, GOLDEN JUBILEEKÜCHLER, Conrad Heinrich: England, 1810, Bronze, 48 mm
Obv: Bust of George III GEORGIUS. III. D:G. BRITANNIARUM
REX. FID. DEFEN. Scroll under bust inscribed: 25 OCT. 1810
Rev: Arms of City supported by two double eagles
LUSTRA DECEM COMPLEVIT. REGNAT ADHUC, REGNETQUE DIU. (He has completed
fifty years, he still reigns and may he reign long).
Unsigned: [by C.H. Küchler]
Mintage=500
Ref: BHM 167/684; Eimer 127/1008; Pollard 34; Weiss BW682
George William Frederick, George III (1738-1820), King of Great Britain and
Ireland (1760-1820) and King of Hanover (1760-1820), was the grandson and
successor of George II. He was the third British monarch of the House of
Hanover, and the first to be born in Britain and speak English as his first
language. During his reign the Seven Years’ War against France was
concluded, in which Britain gained New France (now Canada) but left Britain
isolated in Europe and in serious financial difficulties. It was also during
the reign of George III that Great Britain lost many of its colonies in
North America in the wake of the American Revolution. These colonies would
eventually become the United States. George III was also the monarch when,
in 1800, the
Act of Union joined together the realms of Great Britain and
Ireland to form the United Kingdom.
This medal celebrates the fiftieth year of the reign of
George III. It was produced at the request of Lord Radnor to celebrate the
Jubilee in Salisbury. This piece, one of 500 struck in copper bronzed, is
the only Küchler medal that cannot have been restruck since the dies were
canceled on completion of the order (BHM).
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Act of Union
(from Wikipedia)
LINK to History of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from Wikipedia)
LINK to the
American
Revolution (from Wikipedia)
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