1 Penny - George III

1 Penny - George III - obverse1 Penny - George III - reverse

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Features

Issuer The Bahamas
King George III (1760-1820)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1806-1807
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound (Before 1966)
Composition Copper
Weight 10.00 g
Diameter 28.00 mm
Thickness 2.00 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1825
Number
N#
26815
References KM# 1,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Pr# 1-3
Fred Pridmore ; 1960. Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the End of the Reign of George VI 1952 / Part 1. European Territories. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 4 more volumes.

Obverse

Bust of the King George III turned to the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GEORGIUS III·D:G·REX.
1806

Engraver: Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Reverse

Full rigged ship sailing right, motto in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BAHAMA
EXPULSIS PIRATIS
RESTITUTA
COMMERCIA

Translation: Pirates defeated, commerce restored

Engraver: Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Edge

Engrailed

Mint

Soho Mint, Handsworth, England (1788-1850)

Comments

Reverse design reminds the British intervention lead by Woodes Rogers (later twice appointed governor of the Bahamas), against pirates in 1718. The motto was that of the islands between 1728 and 1973 when it was replaced by the current one.

from ''The Bahamas Copper of 1806: Introduction''
...The economy of the Bahama Islands made extensive use of barter and relied on Spanish gold and silver coins for currency. Around the same time that some of the newly formed American states were coining coppers, the Bahamas legislature in 1789 passed an act regulating copper currency (Act 29 Geo. III. cap. 2). A proposal for copper tokens was put forward in 1802 but apparently no action was taken. On June 30, 1806 the Bahamas Assembly ordered £500 in copper pennies from Boulton's Soho Mint in Birmingham. The dies were cut by Conrad Heinrich Kuechler, modeling the obverse on the 1806 English halfpenny.

The obverse of the coin depicts the bust of George III wearing a laurel wreath with the legend "Georgius III . D : G . Rex." (George III, King by the Grace of God) and the date 1806 below. The reverse shows a ship at sea with an island and two ships in the background. Above is the legend "Bahama" and below is the national motto. In addition to the regular 1806 issue, Boulton minted proof specimens with the standard entailed edge and others with a plain edge. A few proof coins were also minted in 1807. The local population in the Bahamas preferred cut silver to copper tokens and so these coins were refused by the local population, thus the project to mint coppers was abandoned...
">https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Bahamas.intro.html
 

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1806  Photo 120 000 $ 160 89%
1806  11% Proof
1806  7% Restrike, Plain Edge - Proof
1807  Photo 14% Proof

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Penny - George III
Katz
Auction 80
Lot 798
Internet Archive
5 Apr 2023 1806 XF USD 367.73
(EUR 341.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Penny - George IIIPicture 1 of a sold 1 Penny - George III
The Coinhouse Auctions
Auction 15
Lot 192
Internet Archive
20 Jun 2020 1806 VF USD 161.76
(EUR 150.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Penny - George IIIPicture 1 of a sold 1 Penny - George IIIPicture 1 of a sold 1 Penny - George IIIPicture 1 of a sold 1 Penny - George III
Heritage Auctions
2022 January 18 - 19 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction 3098
Lot 33410
Internet Archive
18 Jan 2022 1807 – Proof UNC
(PCGS PR63 Brown)
USD 3600.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
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