1080317 | GREAT BRITAIN. George III. (King, 1760-1820). (1797-99) AR Dollar. PCGS AU53. Oval countermark with head of George III. CAROLUS • IIII • DEI • GRATIA. Laureate bust right / HISPAN • ET IND • REX •. Crowned arms between pillars. KM 638 (host); SCBC-3765A; ESC 129; BW 28.10 (host).

Emergency issue, struck on a Peruvian 1793-LIMAE-IJ (Lima mint) 8 Reales of Charles IIII (IV) host coin.


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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.