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Message:: [QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 17426717, member: 104064"]So, what was the mood in England among these coin/token/medal makers in 1783? Here we have a "triumphant George" coin made in 1783 England, and recently I've dug into the 1776 Continental dollar and how it's been suggested that it was also made in 1783 as a token for sale in England. Much has been made on the 1776 about "EG FECIT" on some of them, meaning "EG made it" and trying to determine who "EG" was. And yet, the only Latin on the coin taken in its entirety is FUGIO EG FECIT. Fugio and the sun dial, in that context has always been interpreted as "time flies", since fugio means "I flee/fly." But what if, on some of the 1776 coins, "EG" actually means the common abbreviation exempli gratia, "for example." FUGIO EG FECIT could become "I run away, for example, he did." King George running away, and triumphant George? Between this "triumphant George" token, as George Washington and not King George, and the 1776 dollar, also now reputed to have been made in 1783 England, I'm wondering if they were taking potshots at the monarchy.[/QUOTE]