KING GEORGE'S COINAGE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 62, 14 March 1911, Page 6

KING GEORGE'S COINAGE.

The designs for the new silver coinage of King George have now been finally settled. A change has been made in the- reverse sides of the florin and sixpence. In the case of the former the not very successful figure of Britannia introduced in the late reign makes way for the timehenorod device, dating from the days of Charles 11, of the shields of England (repeated), Scotland, and Ireland, arranged in the form of a cross, with the Star of the Garter in the centre and a sceptre in each angle. The reverse of the sixpence is identical, except for the word expressing its value, with that of the- shilling, and the poverty-stricken design which had disgraced the coinage since the accession of William IV has been abandoned, it is to be hoped for ever. The crown is not mentioned in the proclamation, and is, therefore, not intended to be issued, at any rate for the piesent.