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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 218

George III, Shilling, 6.00g., 1798, "Dorrien and Magens issue," second laureate and draped bust facing right, georgivs iii dei gratia., no stop over head, rev. struck en medaille, cruciform shields, with semée of hearts in arms of Hanover, six strings to Irish harp, Garter Star at centre, crown in each angle, date below Irish shield, .m.b.f.et.h.rex.f.d.b.et.l.d.s.r.i.a.t.et.e., edge, diagonally milled (ESC 1227 R5; S.3747), attractively toned, extremely fine, reverse better, extremely rare Estimate £3,500-4,000 In 1798 Mr. M. Dorrien Magens and nine other banking firms sent silver bullion for coinage to the amount of upwards of £30,000. This was partly coined into Shillings, but their issue was prohibited by order of the Lords of Committee of Council. The name given is so rendered in the Mint book, but in Lowndes London Directory for 1798, the firm is described as Dorrien, Magens, Mello, Martin and Harrison, 22 Finch Lane, Cornhill. Dorrien Magens expressed his sentiments in an anonymous publication of the same year entitled "Thoughts upon a new coinage of silver." Royal Mint Museum Catalogue, Vol.I, p.158

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