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George III 1760-1820 AD
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and grandson of King George II , whom he succeeded in 1760, was born on the 4th of June 1738. After his father's death in 1751 he had been educated in seclusion from the fashionable world under the care of his mother and of her favorite counsellor the Earl of Bute. He had been taught to revere the maxims of Bolingbroke's "Patriot King", and to believe that it was his appointed task in life to break the power of the Whig houses resting upon extensive property and the influence of patronage and corruption. That power had already been gravely shaken. The Whigs from their incompetency were obliged when the Seven Years' War broke out to leave its management in the hands of William Pitt . The nation learned to applaud the great war minister who succeeded where others had failed, and whose immaculate purity put to shame the ruck of barterers of votes for places and pensions.
A very rare George III Silver Crown, depicting the Three Graces as designed by William Wyon
Obverse ... George III laureate head right with date below. W.WYON. below truncation, GEORGIUS III D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX F:D:, beaded border and linear circle both sides.
Reverse ... Struck en medaille with the Three Graces, personifying England, Scotland and Ireland, with national emblems of harp, thistle and leek. W.WYON to left of harp, FOEDUS INVIOLABILE, palm branch and paddle in exergueplain edge
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and grandson of King George II , whom he succeeded in 1760, was born on the 4th of June 1738. After his father's death in 1751 he had been educated in seclusion from the fashionable world under the care of his mother and of her favorite counsellor the Earl of Bute. He had been taught to revere the maxims of Bolingbroke's "Patriot King", and to believe that it was his appointed task in life to break the power of the Whig houses resting upon extensive property and the influence of patronage and corruption. That power had already been gravely shaken. The Whigs from their incompetency were obliged when the Seven Years' War broke out to leave its management in the hands of William Pitt . The nation learned to applaud the great war minister who succeeded where others had failed, and whose immaculate purity put to shame the ruck of barterers of votes for places and pensions.
A very rare George III Silver Crown, depicting the Three Graces as designed by William Wyon
Obverse ... George III laureate head right with date below. W.WYON. below truncation, GEORGIUS III D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX F:D:, beaded border and linear circle both sides.
Reverse ... Struck en medaille with the Three Graces, personifying England, Scotland and Ireland, with national emblems of harp, thistle and leek. W.WYON to left of harp, FOEDUS INVIOLABILE, palm branch and paddle in exergueplain edge
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