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Five Guineas: George I (obverse); Shields and Star of the Order of the Garter (reverse)
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Five Guineas: George I (obverse); Shields and Star of the Order of the Garter (reverse)

1716 · gold

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About this work

The Act of the Union of 1706 by Queen Anne added the arms of Scotland to those of England. The shields now read as England & Scotland, France, Ireland, and Hanover.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineFive Guineas: George I (obverse); Shields and Star of the Order of the Garter (reverse), 1716. England, George I, 1714-1727. Gold; diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.206
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