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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 7300131, member: 101265&quot;]Mine is this 1783 Georvis Triumphos. Not pretty but I found it at the homesite (metal detecting) of Daniel McGirt who was an officer in the Revolutionary Army but went over to the British. After the war ended he could not go home and received a land grant from the Spanish king for land in NE Florida where he started a plantation and then became a highwayman ‘ pirate.</p><p>The name means George Triumphed and was to honor Washington’s victory. It was minted in England but instead of putting Washington’s bust on it they put George III, who lost the war! It is the only Washington token to have actually been minted in 1783. The others show the date to recognize the Treaty of Paris which ended the war. </p><p>It had very limited distribution and was known to have been used in Virginia, South Carolina and Jamaica. It was believed to have been in Florida but no proof was available. Around the same time as I found mine, another detectorist found one in St Augustine and we are credited with proving its use down here. [ATTACH=full]1276834[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1276836[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1276837[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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