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66 Shillings - King George III three types of countermarks

Features

Issuer Grenada
Type Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year 1798
Value 66 Shillings (22⁄3)
Currency Necessity coinage (1789-1798)
Composition Gold (.917)
Weight 11.65 g
Diameter 31 mm
Shape Round
Technique Countermarked
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
538211
References KM# 2
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Pr# 4a
Fred Pridmore. Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the End of the Reign of George VI 1952. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).
, Fr# 1
Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (8 volumes).

Obverse

Multiple "G" countermarks around coin, with "IW" and "IH" countermark in center.

Script: Latin

Reverse

Remaining design of the host coins, that could be any from the 6,400 Reis denomination from Brazil.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1798) 

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Bullion value: USD 1486.77 Search tips
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Actual gold weight: 0.343 oz
Current gold price: 4328.70 USD/oz (see gold price )

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