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George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Specimen Shilling, 1787, by L. Pingo, in silver, bust right, rev. cruciform shields with crowns in angles, semée of hearts, edge plain, 5.93g/12h (ESC 1241; Eimer 85; Selig 1221). Some surface marks, particularly on the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine, rare £90-120

One of the coins intended for the sets prepared by Lewis Pingo for the Bank of England and other interested officials in September 1787 (Manville, BNJ 2004, pp.90-1)