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Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
Jean Baptiste Merlen1826
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Only pattern five-pound pieces were struck during the reign of George IV, none being put into circulation. In this reign, specimen proof sets appeared for the first time in 1823, and the pattern five- and two-pound pieces as well as the pattern silver crown were included in the sets.
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- Title: Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
- Creator: Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850)
- Date Created: 1826
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Coins
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.215
- Medium: gold
- Inscriptions: DEI GRATIA * 1826 * GEORGIUS IV., BRITANNIARUM.REX FID: DEF
- Fun Fact: The shield is quartered with the arms of England (1 & 4), Scotland (2), and Ireland (3) with the crowned arms of the Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg at the center.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: England, George IV, 1820-1830
- Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
- Collection: MED - Numismatics
- Accession Number: 1969.215
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