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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24585009, member: 101855&quot;]I have to confess that I mostly collect British and Roman imperial coins for the history. Yesterday I was looking at the legends that appear on British coins was shocked to see this one on a 1787 shilling and sixpence.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1560804[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse Legend:</b> GEORGIVS·III·DEI·GRATIA· “George the Third by the Grace of God (Georgius III Dei Gratia)</p><p><br /></p><p>So far, so good, but get this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse Legend:</b> M·B·F·E·T·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·T·ET·E&nbsp; <u>Unabridged Legend</u> Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brunsvicensis et Luneburgensis Dux Sacri Romani Imperii Archi Thesaurarius et Elector&nbsp; <i>“King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow I think that one went over the heads of 99% of the British citizens who handled this coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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