1086487 | GREAT BRITAIN. George III. (King, 1760-1820). (1797-99) AR Dollar. NGC XF45 Countermark: AU Strong . Oval countermark with raised head of George III. CAROLUS • IIII • DEI • GRATIA. Laureate bust right / HISPAN • ET IND • REX •. Crowned arms between pillars. KM 634; KM 109 (host coin); SCBC-3765A; ESC-129.

Emergency issue, authorized 9 March 1797 struck on a 1793-Mo FM Mexico bust 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.