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GREAT BRITAIN: George III, 1760-1820, AE medal (15.56g), 1761

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:80.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 125.00 USD
GREAT BRITAIN: George III, 1760-1820, AE medal (15.56g), 1761
SOLD
110.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Sep 12 @ 11:22UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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GREAT BRITAIN: George III, 1760-1820, AE medal (15.56g), 1761, BHM-36, 41mm, unofficial Coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte, struck in copper or pinchbeck, King enthroned and crowned by archbishop / Queen Charlotte enthroned, some reverse field scratches, Fine to VF. George III was crowned on September 22nd, 1761, at the age of 22. George needed a bride and one was found in a German princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who was 17. Her measurements were sent to London in advance for the dressmakers and she and George met for the first time on the day of their wedding in the Chapel Royal, a fortnight before their coronation. Lady Sarah Lennox was one of the bridesmaids. Charlotte was considered gauche but she and George were devoted to each other and would produce 15 children. So many carriages battled to reach Westminster Abbey on coronation day that many of them collided in chaos. George and Charlotte were carried to Westminster Hall separately in sedan chairs and then escorted into the abbey on foot, each under a canopy.