Great Britain Crown 1818 LVIII George III. NGC UNC

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Certification details

Certification number: 8588017-014

Grade: UNC DETAILS

NGC collectible ID: 462500

Nominal value: CROWN

Mint Mark: G.BRITAIN

Year: 1818 LVIII

1818, Great Britain, George III. Silver Crown Coin. NGC UNC

Mint Year: 1818
Denomination: Crown
Mintage: 155,200 pcs.
Reference: Davenport 103, S- 3787, KM-675.
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as UNC (Details: Cleaned!)
Material: Silver (.925)
Diameter: 37.6mm
Weight: 28.28gm


Obverse: Laureate head of George III right. Designer's signature (PISTRUCCI) below bust truncation.
Legend: GEORGIUS III D:G BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1818


Reverse: Pistrucci's Saint George on horse, wearing roman helmet and sword, slaying the dragon below. All within Order of the Garter as a border.
Legend: HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE ("Shame on him who thinks evil of it!")



Benedetto Pistrucci (May 29, 1783 – September 16, 1855) was a talented engraver of gemstones, cameos, coins and medals. Born in Italy, he moved to London in 1815 and was employed at the Royal Mint as an engraver, where his most famous work is his portrayal of St. George & the Dragon used on British gold sovereigns and crowns from 1817 to the present day.



"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is an Anglo-Norman phrase, loosely meaning: "Shamed be he who thinks ill of it." though more specifically "Evil unto him who thinks evil of it" Archaic spellings include "Honi soit quy mal y pense," and "Hony soyt qe mal y pense," and various other phoneticizations. It is the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter. In Modern French it is rendered as "Honni soit qui mal y pense" (the past participle of the modern verb honnir being honni). It is also written at the end of the manuscript Sir Gawain and the Green Knight but it appears to have been a later addition. Its literal translation from Old French is "Shame be to him who thinks evil of it." It is sometimes re-interpreted as "Evil be to him who evil thinks."



George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire until his promotion to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors he was born in Britain and spoke English as his first language. Despite his long life, he never visited Hanover.

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