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Two Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)

Two Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse) by Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850)

Medium

gold

Dimensions

diam. 3.8 cm

Classification

Coins

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

The Norweb Collection

Accession Number

1969.216

Tags

male

About this artwork

The two-pound piece in this reign was only struck as a pater in 1831. Again, as in the last reign, a limited number of proof sets were struck, and this coin was included in the sets. Since it never went into circulation it is properly called a pattern.

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