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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 764505, member: 5682&quot;]Point well made. As probably one of the few non-coin collectors on this forum, I do enjoy the history behind coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>William IV was an interesting person, ruling Great Britain form 1830-37. He was the son of the infamous (at least to us Americans) George III of the American revolution fame. William, however, tried to repair relations between the United States and Great Britain.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was the uncle to the future Queen Victoria.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although he did not have a legitimate heir to the throne, he did have many illegitimate children before marrying his wife, including 10 with his longterm mistress, an Irish actress.</p><p>:high5:</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin from an exciting time in British history. It is a nice piece of history from around the time when Charles Dickens first started writing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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