page_title: Great Recoinage of 1816
hierarchical_section_title: Great Recoinage of 1816
caption_attribution_description: English: Reverse of a 1915 (George V) half-sovereign, owned by my grandfather and going to my grandson. I took a photo of the obverse but it's blurred.
context_page_description: The Great Recoinage of 1816 was an attempt by the British Government to re-stabilise the currency of Great Britain following economic difficulties precipitated by the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
context_section_description: The Great Recoinage of 1816 was an attempt by the British Government to re-stabilise the currency of Great Britain following economic difficulties precipitated by the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
caption: Benedetto Pistrucci's St. George design
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