Five Guineas: George I (obverse); Shields and Star of the Order of the Garter (reverse), 1716. England, George I, 1714-1727. Gold; diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). The Act of the Union of 1706 by Queen Anne added the arms of Scotland to those of England. The shields now read as England & Scotland, France, Ireland, and Hanover. Around the shields the many titles of the king are abbreviated to sometimes only one letter:BRVN ET·L·DVX S·I·R·A·TH ET·ELDuke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch Treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire

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Five Guineas: George I (obverse); Shields and Star of the Order of the Garter (reverse), 1716. England, George I, 1714-1727. Gold; diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). The Act of the Union of 1706 by Queen Anne added the arms of Scotland to those of England. The shields now read as England & Scotland, France, Ireland, and Hanover. Around the shields the many titles of the king are abbreviated to sometimes only one letter:BRVN ET·L·DVX S·I·R·A·TH ET·ELDuke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch Treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire

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