George III Coins

1760–1820 · Spans the Great Recoinage

George III's long 60-year reign covered the founding of modern British coinage as we know it. The 1797 "Cartwheel" two-penny piece (Soho Mint, struck by Matthew Boulton with Watt's steam press) was a watershed in coin manufacture. The Great Recoinage of 1816 introduced the modern shilling, sixpence, half-crown and the 1817 sovereign — the first sovereign since the Tudor era. Post-Recoinage George III silver is the foundation of modern British numismatics.

400Coins catalogued
11Denominations
4Key dates flagged
61Years on the throne
£26,000 Highest realised: ½ Sovereign - George III
1 Lowest mintage: 1 Penny - George III 4th Issue
Coins per decade
20 1760s 35 1770s 54 1780s 139 1790s 15 1800s 133 1810s 4 1820s

Coinage highlights

1797 Cartwheel 2d / 1d Massive copper coins from the Soho Mint.
1816 Great Recoinage Introduction of modern shilling, half-crown, sovereign.
1817 sovereign First British sovereign — Pistrucci's St George reverse debut.
1804 Bank of England dollar Silver crown overstruck on Spanish 8 reales for emergency circulation.

Designers under George III

Artists who designed coinage during this reign:

Every George III coin in the catalogue

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1 Farthing 57 coins

1 Farthing George Rules - Britannias Isles 1760–1797 1 Farthing - George III 1st issue 1771–1775 1 Farthing Gragory II Pon - Britann Rules 1777 1 Farthing Gevkgv Atoete - Etaena Noa 1780 1 Farthing Worcestershire - Worcester 1788 1 Farthing Lanarkshire - Glasgow / A. Hamilton 1791 1 Farthing Warwickshire – Birmingham/Copper Company 1791 1 Farthing Warwickshire - Birmingham / Lutwyche 1791–1797 1 Farthing Lothian - Edinburgh / St Andrew 1792 1 Farthing Birmingham - John Howard 1792 1 Farthing North Wales; "PRO BONO PUBLICO" 1793 1 Farthing South Wales; "PRO BONO PUBLICO" 1793 1 Farthing Pembrokeshire - St. Davids 1793 1 Farthing North Wales 1793 1 Farthing South Wales 1793 1 Farthing South Wales 1793 1 Farthing Middlesex - Social Series / Newton 1793 1 Farthing Middlesex - Social Series / Newton 1793 1 Farthing Middlesex - Social Series / Newton 1793–1794 1 Farthing Hampshire - Southampton / Admiral Earl Howe 1794 1 Farthing Hampshire - Southampton / Admiral Earl Howe 1794 1 Farthing Somerset - Bath / F. Heath 1794 1 Farthing Dorset - Poole / J. Bayly 1795 1 Farthing Somerset - Bath / M. Lambe and Son 1795 1 Farthing Middlesex - Denton's / Sir Jeffery Dunstan 1795 1 Farthing Middlesex - London / Thomas Spence 1795 1 Farthing Middlesex - Spence's / Pig 1795 1 Farthing Middlesex - George and Carolina 1795 1 Farthing Middlesex - Pidcock / Exeter Change 1795–1801 1 Farthing Cambridgeshire 1796 1 Farthing Middlesex - Social Series / Pro Bono Publico 1796 1 Farthing Robert Orchard 1796 1 Farthing - George III Pattern 1797 1 Farthing - George III Pattern 1798 1 Farthing Perth - Monks Tower 1798 1 Farthing - George III 3rd issue 1799 1 Farthing - George III 3rd issue; Proof 1799 1 Farthing - George III 3rd issue; Proof 1799 1 Farthing Middlesex - May Peace Be Established 1800 1 Farthing Middlesex - Pidcock / Exeter Change 1801 1 Farthing Robert Orchard 1803 1 Farthing Robert Orchard 1803 1 Farthing Middlesex 1804 1 Farthing Robert Orchard 1804 1 Farthing - George III Pattern 1805 1 Farthing - George III 4th issue 1806–1807 1 Farthing - George III 4th issue; Proof 1806–1807 1 Farthing Bristol - Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory 1811 1 Farthing Whitehaven - Wilson Bragg and Co. 1812 1 Farthing Cambridgeshire - Chatteris / W. Curtis 1813 1 Farthing Worcestershire - Worcester / J. Knapp Jnr 1813 1 Farthing Co. Durham - Gateshead / J. Harrop 1814 1 Farthing Co. Durham - South Shields / F. Robinson 1814 1 Farthing York - Peace and Alliance 1814 1 Farthing - Esto Justus Malton North Yorkshire 1815 Columbia Farthing, with fasces 1820–1830 Columbia Farthing 1820–1830

1 Penny 91 coins

1 Penny - George III incl. Maundy 1763–1786 1 Penny Lancashire - Halsall / C. Mordaunt 1784–1787 1 Penny Anglesey - Parys Mines Co. / Druid 1784–1791 1 Penny Middlesex - London / St. George's Hospital 1791–1799 1 Penny - George III Thin numerals; incl. Maundy 1792 Token - 1 Penny Lancashire Lancaster 1794 1 Penny - Somerset - Bath M. Lamb & Son 1794 1 Penny Suffolk - Bury / P. Deck 1794 1 Penny - George III Normal numerals; incl. Maundy 1795–1800 1 Penny - George III 2nd Issue; 'Cartwheel' 1797 1 Penny - George III Pattern 1797 1 Penny Kinrosshire - Loch Leven / Castle 1797 1 Penny Angusshire - Dundee / T. Webster 1797 1 Penny Middlesex 1797 1 Penny Staffordshire - Stafford / W. Horton 1801–1803 1 Penny - George III 4th Issue 1806–1807 1 Penny - George III 4th Issue 1806–1808 · 1 · Key 1 Penny Somerset - Bath / Whitchurch and Dore 1811 1 Penny Bath - Whitchurch and Dore 1811 1 Penny Staffordshire - Bilston / S. Fereday 1811 1 Penny Staffordshire - Bilston/Rushbury and Woolley 1811 1 Penny Staffordshire - Bilston 1811 1 Penny Birmingham - Crown Copper Company 1811 1 Penny Birmingham and Swansea - Rose Copper Co. 1811 1 Penny Birmingham - Edward Thomason 1811 1 Penny Birmingham - Risca Union Copper Company 1811 1 Penny Risca Union Copper Company 1811 1 Penny Birmingham and Risca Copper Company 1811 1 Penny Somerset - Bristol / City 1811 1 Penny Somerset - Bristol / Brass and Copper Company 1811 1 Penny Bristol - Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory 1811 1 Penny Bristol - Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory / S. Guppy 1811 1 Penny Bristol and South Wales 1811 1 Penny Cornwall - Redruth / Williams 1811 1 Penny Birmingham - Wallis and Badger 1811 1 Penny Suffolk - Lowestoft 1811 1 Penny Worcestershire - Nail and Trace Manufactory / J. Forrest 1811 1 Penny Worcestershire - Worcester/Lye Warehouse 1811 1 Penny Nottinghamshire - Newark Castle 1811 1 Penny Northumberland - Newcastle Upon Tyne / Bewicke Main Colliery 1811 1 Penny Norfolk - Norwich castle 1811 1 Penny Staffordshire - Commerce 1811 1 Penny Staffordshire - To Facilitate Trade 1811 1 Penny Staffordshire - Walsall / Joseph Parker 1811 1 Penny Worcestershire - Worcester / City and County 1811 1 Penny Worcestershire - Worcester/City and County 1811 1 Penny Worcestershire - Worcester / City and County 1811 1 Penny Tavistock - Devon Mines 1811 1 Penny Somerset / Taunton - Cox's Iron Foundry 1811–1815 1 Penny Cornwall - Cambourne / Dolcoath Mine 1811–1820 1 Penny Staffordshire - Bilston / Edward Beebee 1812 1 Penny Hampshire - Andover / W.S. and I. Wakeford 1812 1 Penny Yorkshire - Barnsley / Jackson and Listers Warehouse 1812 1 Penny Sheffield - For Public Accommodation 1812 1 Penny Birmingham and South Wales 1812 1 Penny Birmingham and Warwickshire 1812 1 Penny Birmingham and Swansea - Rose Copper Co. 1812 1 Penny Birmingham - Union Copper Company 1812 1 Penny Worcestershire - Birmingham / Workhouse 1812 1 Penny UCC Birmingham - Bradford Workhouse Overstamp 1812 1 Penny British Copper Company - Walthamstow/Landore 1812 1 Penny Staffordshire - Cheadle Copper and Brass Co 1812 1 Penny Cheltenham - John Bishop and Co. 1812 1 Penny Cornwall - Cornish Mines 1812 1 Penny Cornwall - Scorrier House 1812 1 Penny Yorkshire - Hull / I.K. Picard 1812 1 Penny Nottingham - J M Fellows 1812 1 Penny Yorkshire / Sheffield - S. Hobson and Sons 1812 1 Penny Yorkshire - Sheffield / Workhouse 1812 1 Penny Yorkshire - Sheffield / Roscoe Place 1812 1 Penny Norfolk - Smallburgh / Tunstead and Happing 1812 1 Penny Staffordshire - Bilston / S. Fereday 1812 1 Penny Staffordshire - Bilston / J. Atherton 1813 1 Penny Worcestershire - Birmingham / Workhouse 1813 1 Penny Worcestershire - Halesowen / Workhouse 1813 1 Penny Staffordshire - Newcastle-under-Lyme / J.H. Thompson 1813 1 Penny Worcestershire - Redditch / W. Bartleet and W. Hemming 1813 1 Penny Yorkshire - Sheffield / Workhouse 1813 1 Penny Stockton - Christopher and Jennett 1813 1 Penny Worcestershire - Worcester / J. Knapp Jnr 1813 1 Penny Flintshire - Flint Lead Works 1813 1 Penny Montgomeryshire - Glanclywedog Factory 1813 1 Penny Lanarkshire - Glasgow / Phoenix Iron Works 1813 1 Penny Worcestershire - Withymoor Scythe Works 1813–1814 1 Penny Worcestershire - Birmingham / Workhouse 1814 1 Penny Staffordshire - Burton / J. Pardoe 1814 1 Penny Staffordshire 1814 1 Penny Worcestershire - Worcester / City and County 1814 1 Penny Richard Hurd 1814 1 Penny Yorkshire - Sheffield / Workhouse 1815 1 Penny - George III Maundy Coinage 1817–1820

1 Shilling 36 coins

1 Shilling - George III Young bust; 'Northumberland Shilling' 1763 1 Shilling - George III Older bust 1787–1798 1 Shilling Hampshire - Basingstoke / John Pinkerton 1789 1 Shilling Angusshire - Dundee / J. Wright 1798 Token - 1 Shilling Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 1811 Token - 1 Shilling Cheshire, Nantwich 1811 Token - 1 Shilling Gloucester, Gloucestershire 1811 Token - 1 Shilling Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire 1811 Token - One Shilling Bristol & Wiltshire 1811 1 Shilling Devon - Morgan's / Eddystone Lighthouse 1811 1 Shilling Worcester - To Facilitate Trade 1811 1 Shilling Hampshire - To Facilitate Trade 1811 1 Shilling Wiltshire - Marlborough / Old Bank 1811 1 Shilling Nottingham - Newark / Town Hall 1811 1 Shilling Dorsetshire - Poole / J. Ferris 1811 1 Shilling Warwickshire - Birmingham / Workhouse 1811 1 Shilling Lincolnshire - Gainsborough / S. Sandars 1811 1 Shilling Sussex - Chichester / Accommodation 1811 1 Shilling Hampshire - Andover / Wakeford's 1811 1 Shilling Northumberland - Newcastle upon Tyne / J. Robertson 1811 1 Shilling Staffordshire - Fazeley / Peels, Harding and Co 1811 1 Shilling Dorsetshire - Shaftesbury / Bank Token 1811 1 Shilling Somersetshire - Bristol / E. Bryan 1811 1 Shilling Somersetshire - Bristol / To Facilitate Trade 1811 1 Shilling Somersetshire - Bristol / Merthyr 1811 1 Shilling Somersetshire - Bristol Quay / Army andc 1811 1 Shilling Yorkshire - York / Cattle and Barber 1811 1 Shilling Norfolk & Suffolk - Yarmouth & Bury / J. Hunton & Blyth 1811 1 Shilling Middlesex - London / Charing Cross 1811 1 Shilling Leicestershire - Leicester / H. Morgan 1811–1812 1 Shilling Yorkshire - Leeds / J. Smalpage & S. Lumb 1811–1812 1 Shilling Yorkshire - Bradford / J. Laycock 1812 1 Shilling Dorsetshire - Poole / W.B. Best 1812 1 Shilling Hampshire - Andover / Wakeford's 1812 1 Shilling Hampshire - Andover / Wakeford's 1812 1 Shilling - George III New coinage 1816–1820

½ Penny 170 coins

½ Penny Clauduis Romanus - Delectat Rus 1760–1797 ½ Penny Clauduis Romanus - Delectat Rus 1760–1797 ½ Penny Louis the Sixteenth - Britons Happy Isle 1760–1797 ½ Penny Louis the Sixteenth - Music Charms 1760–1797 ½ Penny William Williams - North Wales 1760–1797 ½ Penny Charles Fox M.P - North Wales 1761 ½ Penny Long Live The King - North Wales 1761 ½ Penny Gregory III Pon - Britannia 1767 ½ Penny Gloriovs Ifrvis - Britannia Rules The Main 1769–1797 ½ Penny - George III 1st issue 1770–1775 Token - May peace and plenty 1771–1818 ½ Penny Brutus Sextus - Britannia 1771 ½ Penny Clauduis Romanus - Pax Pla Cid 1771 ½ Penny Cornwal Lis Ind - Britan Rule 1771 ½ Penny George Gordon - Britannia 1771 ½ Penny George Rules - British Tars 1771 ½ Penny George Rules - Delectan Dus 1771 ½ Penny George Rules - Hilarias 1771 ½ Penny Gloriovs Iervis - Britons Rule 1771 ½ Penny Gregory III Pon - Britain Rules 1771 ½ Penny Gustavus Adolphus - Britain Rules 1771 ½ Penny Shakespeare - Rule Britannia 1771 ½ Penny Gloriovs III Vis - British Tars 1771–1797 ½ Penny George Rules - Britains Isles 1773 ½ Penny - George III Evasion Token 1774 ½ Penny Clauduis Romanus - Pax Pla Cid 1775 ½ Penny Claudius Romanus - North Wales 1775 ½ Penny George Reigns - Bater Sea 1776–1779 ½ Penny George Reigns - Bater Sea 1776 ½ Penny George Rules - Bater Sea 1776 ½ Penny George King of B - Half Penny 1777 ½ Penny Gregory III Pon - Bel * Ona 1777 ½ Penny Gustavas Adolphus - Bel * Ona 1777 ½ Penny Clauduis Romanus - May Britons Rule 1779 ½ Penny George Gordon - Bater Sea 1779 ½ Penny Gregory III Pon - Bonny Girl 1779 ½ Penny Alfred - Briton's Glory 1780 ½ Penny Alfred the Great - South Wales 1780 ½ Penny Celestin II Pope - North Wales 1780 ½ Penny Colonel Kirk - Britons Happy Isle 1780 ½ Penny Colonel Kirk - North Wales 1780 ½ Penny George For Ever - Britons For Ever 1780 ½ Penny Romulus - Virtvs Nunq Deficit 1780 ½ Penny Thomas Seymour - Britons Happy Isle 1780 ½ Penny Thomas Seymour - Music Charms 1780 ½ Penny Thomas Seymour - South Wales 1780 ½ Penny Sussex - Brighton / W. Mighells 1780 ½ Penny Middlesex - Basil Burchell 1780 ½ Penny Middlesex - Burchell's / Sugar Plumbs 1780 ½ Penny Shakespeare - North Wales 1780 ½ Penny Gregorivs III Pon - Hebrides 1781 ½ Penny Middlesex - National Series / Prince of Wales 1787–1797 ½ Penny Middlesex - Slave 1787–1797 ½ Penny Somerset - Bath / City Token 1787–1797 ½ Penny Somerset - Bath / City Token 1787–1797 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Wilkinson / Forge 1787 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Wilkinson / Forge 1787 ½ Penny Anglesey - Parys Mines Company / Druid Series 1787–1794 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Wilkinson / Camac Kyan and Camac 1787–1795 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Wilkinson / North Wales 1787–1795 ½ Penny Cheshire - Macclesfield / Charles Roe Copper Works 1787–1797 ½ Penny Somersetshire - Bath / Glover's 1787–1797 ½ Penny Suffolk - Bury / M. Apseys 1787–1797 ½ Penny Somerset - Bath / City Token 1787–1797 ½ Penny Middlesex - London / Salter's 1787–1797 ½ Penny Middlesex - Sims' / David Garrick 1787–1797 ½ Penny Middlesex - National Series / Prince of Wales 1787–1797 ½ Penny Middlesex - Slave 1787–1797 ½ Penny Middlesex - Lyceum 1787–1805 ½ Penny Gloriovs III Vis - Britons Rule 1788 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Wilkinson / Barge 1788 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Wilkinson / Forge 1788 ½ Penny - George III Gold Strike Pattern 1788–1880 ½ Penny - George III Bronzed Pattern 1788 ½ Penny - George III Pattern 1788 ½ Penny Cheshire - Macclesfield / Charles Roe Copper Works 1789 ½ Penny Middlesex - St. Pauls 1789 ½ Penny Middlesex - National Series / Prince of Wales 1789 ½ Penny George Rules - Britannia Isles 1790 ½ Penny Gulielemus Shakespeare - Englands Glory 1790 ½ Penny Cheshire - Macclesfield / Charles Roe Copper Works 1790 ½ Penny Essex – Maldon 1790 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Wilkinson / Forge 1790 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Wilkinson / Vulcan 1790 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Wilkinson / Mining 1790 ½ Penny Lothian - Edinburgh / Hutchison's 1790–1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Stratford / Shakespeare 1790–1794 ½ Penny Norfolk - Norwich / Hope, Dove and Peace 1790–1795 ½ Penny Middlesex – National Series / Duke of York 1790–1795 ½ Penny Cheshire - Macclesfield / Charles Roe Copper Works 1790–1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Wilkinson / Forge 1790 ½ Penny George Gordon - Britons rule 1791 ½ Penny George Sussex - Britons Rule 1791 ½ Penny Guilelmus Shakespear - Britons Rule 1791 ½ Penny Cornwall - County 1791 ½ Penny Lanarkshire - Glasgow / G. Shearer 1791 ½ Penny Lancashire - Lancaster / John of Gaunt 1791 ½ Penny Yorkshire – Hull / J. Garton 1791 ½ Penny Cheshire - Macclesfield / Charles Roe Copper Works 1791 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Shakespeare / Cornucopia 1791 ½ Penny Lothian - Edinburgh / Hutchison's 1791 ½ Penny Yorkshire – Leeds / Paley’s 1791 ½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / W. Taylor 1791 ½ Penny Anglesey - Paris Miners Co. / Druid Series 1791 ½ Penny Middlesex - Political and Social series / Handel 1791 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Birmingham / Mining and Copper Co. 1791–1792 ½ Penny Lancashire - Rochdale / J. Kershaw 1791–1792 ½ Penny Lancashire - Liverpool / Bishop Blaize 1791–1793 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Wilkinson / Vulcan 1791–1793 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Wilkinson / Pecunia 1791–1793 ½ Penny Lincolnshire - Sleaford / John of Gaunt 1791–1794 ½ Penny Lancashire - Lancaster / John of Gaunt 1791–1794 ½ Penny Lancashire - Liverpool / Sailing Ship 1791–1794 ½ Penny Lancashire - Liverpool / Duke of Lancaster 1791–1794 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Birmingham / Lutwyche's 1791–1797 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Birmingham / Lutwyche's 1791–1797 Token - Halfpenny Lothian 1791 ½ Penny Yorkshire – Leeds / Paley’s 1791 David Garrick - Hallens Birmingham Warwickshire Conder Halfpenny 1792 ½ Penny Lancashire - Lancaster / John of Gaunt 1792 ½ Penny Lancashire - Lancaster / John of Gaunt 1792 ½ Penny North Wales - I Williams 1792 ½ Penny Payable At W. Williams - North Wales 1792 ½ Penny Devonshire - Exeter / S. Kingdon 1792 ½ Penny Carmarthenshire - Carmarthen / I. Morgan 1792 ½ Penny Nottinghamshire - Nottingham / Donald and Co 1792 ½ Penny Norfolk - Norwich / Bolingbroke's 1792 ½ Penny Shropshire – Coalbrook Dale 1792 ½ Penny Lancashire - Lancaster / John of Gaunt 1792 ½ Penny Norfolk – Norwich / Dunham and Yallop 1792 ½ Penny Norfolk – Norwich / J. Harvey 1792 ½ Penny Hampshire - Isle of Wight / Wilkins 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Shakespeare 1792 ½ Penny Norfolk - Yarmouth / S. Kingdon 1792 ½ Penny Norfolk - Yarmouth / W. Absolon 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Birmingham / General Elliot 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Birmingham / Johnson 1792 ½ Penny Cheshire - Macclesfield / Charles Roe Copper Works 1792 ½ Penny Cheshire - Macclesfield / William Pit P.M. 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Birmingham / Donald and Co 1792 ½ Penny Lancashire - Manchester / I. Fielding 1792 ½ Penny Lancashire - Rochdale / J. Kershaw 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Birmingham / H. Hickman 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Birmingham / H. Hickman 1792 ½ Penny Lancashire - Rochdale / Weaver and Dove 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire – Coventry / Lady Godiva 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Wilkinson / Forge 1792 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Wilkinson / Harp 1792 ½ Penny Middlesex - London / W. Sheward 1792 ½ Penny Yorkshire - Huddersfield / East India House 1792–1793 1 Cent Lancashire - Lancaster / Kentucky token 1792–1794 ½ Penny Warwickshire - Coventry / Lady Godiva 1792–1795 ½ Penny Georgeivs Washington - North Wales 1792–1795 ½ Penny Lancashire - Manchester / I. Fielding 1793 ½ Penny Lancashire - Manchester / I. Fielding 1793 ½ Penny Lancashire - Manchester / I. Fielding 1793 ½ Penny Middlesex - Political and Social Series / Newton 1793 ½ Penny Norfolk – Norwich 1793 ½ Penny North Wales - Druid 1793 ½ Penny Shropshire - Shrewsbury / Woolpack 1793 ½ Penny - Leeds halfpenny H. Brownbills 1793 ½ Penny Hampshire - Petersfield / Holland and Andrews 1793 ½ Penny Kirkcudbrightshire - Thomas Scott 1793 ½ Penny North Wales - Druid 1793 ½ Penny Dorset - Sherborne / Preter, Pew and Co. 1793 ½ Penny Lincolnshire - Wainfleet 1793 ½ Penny Staffordshire – Leek / Commercial 1793 ½ Penny Hampshire - Emsworth / Peace and Plenty 1793 ½ Penny Cambridgeshire - Industry has its sure reward 1793 ½ Penny Norfolk – Norwich 1793

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