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1797 George III Penny, Cart wheel, 40mm Large coin Refundable, Insured...
.... The large size of the coins, combined with the thick rim where the inscription was punched into the metal rather than raised from it, led to the coins being nicknamed "cartwheels". The obverse of the cartwheel coinage is a right-facing bust of George III, with the inscription GEORGIUS III D G REX, while the reverse showed Britannia seated on a rock, facing left, holding an olive....
branch and trident with the inscription BRITANNIA 1797. Although Britannia had long appeared on the halfpenny and farthing. the 1797 coinage was the first time she was depicted ruling the waves, an allegory for Britain's status as a maritime power.....
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