ESC 593 R5
only eight examples (including this piece) recorded by Ashton
A little double struck with some flat spotting in the legend from the striking
IN FOEDERE QUINTUS [the fifth in the confederacy]
George III 1797 Cartwheel Penny, ten leaf obverse ESC 593 R5George III (1760 1820),copper Penny, 1797, small laureate and draped bust right, K:. raised on truncation for engraver C. H. Kuchler, wreath with ten leaves, legend incuse on raised rim, GEORGIUS III. D: G. REX.,rev. Britannia seated left on rock with trident and shield, holding olive branch, ship sailing right to left, SOHO raised on rock below, tri pellets incuse on rock to right, date incuse on rim below, BRITANNIA., weight 28. 65g (Peck 1132; S.