Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 1/2 penny coin, George III
- Machin-Mills, 1787
- Obverse Image: Right facing portrait of George III wearing a laurel crown.
- Obverse Text: GEORGIVS / III / REX
- Reverse Image: Britannia seated with a shield.
- Reverse Text: BRITANNIA / 1787
- General Information: There is a triangle punchmark through the right side of the coin.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ruler
- George III King of Great Britain
- date made
- 1787
- Credit Line
- Lee Eby Collection
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .2 cm x 2.75 cm; 3/32 in x 1 3/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
