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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24525, 6 February 1941, Page 8

A twopenny piece, minted in the feign of George the Thrd and dated 1797, has been discovered among the possessions of the late Mr John Millar, formerly Mayor of Invercargill. The coin is somewhat massive compared with those of more recent years, measuring two-flfths of an inch more across than a modern penny and being about three times the thickness. On the obverse side is a profile of the monarch, his patrician head decorated with a wreath of laurel leaves and surrounded by the inscription “Georgius 111 D.G Rex." The figure oi Britannia on the reverse side is more buxom than the modern lady. She faces the left and her trident rests along her left forearm. In her right hand she holds an olive branch and there is no helmet on her head. Her shield rests by her side and on the waters at her feet lies a three-masted ship with sails furled.