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This specimen was lot 37137 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Silver 3 Shillings Bank Token, 1814. George III. NGC MS-64." The 1790's and early 1800's saw one of the recurring shortages of coin in England as she engaged in her titanic struggle with Napoleon. The Bank of England attempted to alleviate this by countermarking Spanish colonial pesos with a punch bearing the head of George III. When this countermark was enthusiastically counterfeited, the bank resorted to counterstamping the entire coin. This token, issued 1812-16, was most likely made from melted down Spanish American dollars.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 14.7 g, 0.891 fine silver, 34 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' S-3770; KM-Tn5.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date,'' London: Coincraft, 1995.
* Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, ''English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 2015.
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Links to:''
* [[Great Britain 1812 3 shillings KM-Tn4|Bank of England 1812 3 shilling token, uniformed bust]]
* [[Great Britain 1813 3 shillings|Bank of England 1813 3 shilling token]]
* [[Great Britain 1815 3 shillings|Bank of England 1815 3 shilling token]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1814]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale]]

Great Britain 1814 3 shillings - Revision history

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