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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3136613, member: 14873"]<font face="Times New Roman">My goodness, I had forgotten that I have a George III “cartwheel” tuppence stashed away in a coin box in a drawer that has been there for some fifty years! Of course, it has a great Britannia reverse. So I photographed it and added it to my Britannia web page - <a href="http://jp29.org/000brit.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jp29.org/000brit.htm" rel="nofollow">http://jp29.org/000brit.htm</a></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000cartwheelo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000cartwheelr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>BRITISH TWO PENCE</b> (Circulated)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse: George III, laureate and draped bust, facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>GEORGIUS III D G REX</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse: Britannia, seated right, on rock over ocean waves, cradling trident in left arm and holding olive branch in right hand</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>BRITANNIA - 1797</b> (in exergue)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">“There are three sure signs of growing old. The first is loss of memory ..... I have forgotten the other two,”</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3136613, member: 14873"][FONT=Times New Roman]My goodness, I had forgotten that I have a George III “cartwheel” tuppence stashed away in a coin box in a drawer that has been there for some fifty years! Of course, it has a great Britannia reverse. So I photographed it and added it to my Britannia web page - [url]http://jp29.org/000brit.htm[/url] [IMG]http://jp29.org/000cartwheelo.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://jp29.org/000cartwheelr.jpg[/IMG] [B]BRITISH TWO PENCE[/B] (Circulated) Obverse: George III, laureate and draped bust, facing right Inscription: [B]GEORGIUS III D G REX[/B] Reverse: Britannia, seated right, on rock over ocean waves, cradling trident in left arm and holding olive branch in right hand Inscription: [B]BRITANNIA - 1797[/B] (in exergue) “There are three sure signs of growing old. The first is loss of memory ..... I have forgotten the other two,”[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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