1 Dollar - George III 1804

Weight

NA

Diameter

39 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Gold (.9167)

Shape

Round

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Milled

Front design

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, K. signature.

Back design

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, C. H. K. signature.

Year of Minting

1804

King

George III (1760-1820)

Mint location

Soho Mint , Handsworth, England (1788-1850)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX. Reverse: GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX.

Context

Conrad Heinrich Küchler was born in Flanders circa 1740. He worked in Darmstadt, Mannheim, Frankfurt from around 1760 to 1775, then in France and later in England from 1793, especially for Matthew Boulton at the Soho workshop where he was the engraver of numerous works for many countries such as Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Russia, France. For England, he created several portraits of George III, of which these patterns for the dollar: devise is short on the obverse and long on the reverse and just a lock of hair below the shoulder truncature for the portrait. He died in Handsworth on 11th July 1810.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Patterns

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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