Thurion (c
C to right for Pontefract Castle
40g (Peck 1431
Based on the reverse of the original coin - an ornate quartered shield design
gold proof Piedfort Fifty-Pence
George III 1787 proof Guinea, PR63+, 5th head, spade reverse Thurion (cGeorge III (1760 1820), gold proof Guinea, 1787, fifth laureate head right, Latin legend surrounding, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA., rev. spade shaped crowned quartered shield of arms, date below, legend reads in abbreviated Latin commencing lower left M. B. F. ET. H. REX. F. D. B. ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E., edge, plain (Schneider 611; WR 104; Bull EGC 712 R3; Farey 1730; S. 3729). A strong strike with underlying proof brilliance, some toning spots