dollar 5 shilling coin
nice condition silver dollar 5 shillings coin from the reign of George III the year before the battle of Trafalgar. engraved 'Charles Blake '.small dent in britannia side of coin (see photo) IN and the extraordinary expedient of countermarking foreign coins was authorized by the Treasury. Nearly three million dollar-size coins, supplied by the Bank of England and almost entirely Spanish eight-real pieces, were stamped at the Royal Mint on Tower Hill and issued by the Bank. The economic crisis that brought on the issue of countermarked coins had been building for many years and was triggered by a run on the gold reserves of the Bank in late February . Read more