George III 1813 Half-Guinea MS63, final date for denomination SPES ALTERA SURGIT

SPES ALTERA SURGIT

edge plain (Bull 1939

one either side of a regal tunic and conch 7

by Giovan Federico Bonzagini

George III 1813 Half-Guinea MS63, final date for denomination SPES ALTERA SURGITGeorge III (1760 1820), gold Half Guinea, 1813, seventh laureate head right, legend GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, rev. quartered shield of arms with crowned escutcheon of the arms of Hanover, all within crowned garter, French legend on garter HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE., date below, legend commences upper right, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR (Schneider ; EGC 859; MCE 447; S. 3737). Toned with a few light surface marks, retaining mint brilliance,