1074089 | GREAT BRITAIN. George III. (King, 1760-1820). (1797-99) AR 1/2 Dollar. PCGS AU50 Countermark AU Details. Oval countermark with head of George III. CAROLUS • IIII • DEI • G •. Laureate bust right / • HISPANIARUM • REX •. Crowned arms of Castile and Leon. KM 622.1; KM 431.1 (Host coin); SCBC-3767.

Authorized 9 March 1797. Bank of England Type I. Countermarked on a 1793-M ME Spainish 4 Reales of Charles IV.


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Counterstamped during a shortage of silver specie, this issue gained the name "the head of a fool on the neck of an ass" from an unimpressed populace.