George III "Hearts" Sixpence?

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Mikjo0, Apr 8, 2006.

  1. Mikjo0

    Mikjo0 Numismatist

    I was wondering if one of our British/European coin experts could tell me where the "hearts" designation comes from? Maybe it's my lousy eyes or perhaps I have the wrong label on my coin but I can't see any heart pattern in the design.Is there maybe another reason they're called this? Help!:)
     

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  3. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member

    "Alvanly, Who's Your Fat Friend" :D :D :D (Quote attributed to Beau Brummell when speaking aloud referring to King George)

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  4. Mikjo0

    Mikjo0 Numismatist

    Bone,
    What's even funnier is the fact that this (1787) was just his "portly" stage.Look at these two coins,one from 1762 when he was just skinny and ugly to one from 1820,58 years later when he was fat AND ugly,not to mention insane.
    To be fair though,he had some rather stressful events in his life like a rather nasty insurgency in the colonies.
    He obviously turned to the comfort foods.
     

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  5. Mikjo0

    Mikjo0 Numismatist

    But all of this hilarity aside,can anyone answer my original question?
     
  6. satootoko

    satootoko Retired

    Here's a picture, and its caption, stolen from Tony Clayton's wonderful English coin site:
    I guess Dictionery.com disagrees with Tony on spelling of the key word in that caption.
    Another source gives this explanation for the "Hanoverian Shield" terminology:
    BUT, I can't see the hearts either.:D
     
  7. Marianne

    Marianne New Member

    "George III Hearts Sixpence" should be a bumper sticker.

    See those tiny dots floating around the animal on the left shield? They're hearts. With luck, someone will come along to give us the skinny (or, in George's case, the corpulent) about them. I've seen some heartless sixpence as well.
     
  8. Mikjo0

    Mikjo0 Numismatist

    Mystery solved! Six hearts around the critter no less.
    New bumper sticker= We Heart Marianne,P.I.
     

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  9. sylvester

    sylvester New Member


    That coin brings back memories! Yes that coin did have hearts on it trust me.

    Info - The hanoverian shield should have hearts in it (as both coins show here do), however, the first issues of 1787 someone forgot to put the hearts on and thus some 1787 issues are 'No Hearts' errors, unfortunately they didn't discover this until they were halfway through the required mintage.

    So half of them have hearts, the other half don't.
     
  10. Aidan Work

    Aidan Work New Member

    Prior to 1814,Hanover was correctly known as the Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenburg-Hanover.In 1814,it was proclaimed the Kingdom of Hanover.Therefore,King George III of Great Britain was also King Georg I of Hanover.

    Aidan.
     
  11. Drusus

    Drusus Pecunia non olet

    he looks like a beast on the shilling...:)
     
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