DeepHour wrote:
I've read that George IV didn't like the actual portrait on the earlier coins, so it was changed for a more 'dignified' looking one. I think the point in question here though was the change from IIII to IV to denote 'Fourth'. Is there any evidence that old Prinny (as he was known) had any views on that?
By the way, I was a bit shocked to see the 1822 Crown
here being offered for sale at £93. It's actually a very poor example, and is worth no more than about £30.
I may have my facts confused but I was pretty sure he was not a fan of "IIII" denoting 4 , my books are in storage but I will look it up when I can.
As for the 1822 Crown , it is not in stock , in my experience items not in stock always have the prices bumped for some reason ( some sort of retailer psychological mind game ? )
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