Great Recoinage of 1816

A Bull Head George half crown dating from 1816
Benedetto Pistrucci's St. George design

The Great Recoinage of 1816 was an attempt by the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to re-stabilise its currency, the pound sterling, after the economic difficulties brought about by the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.[1]

  1. ^ A New history of the Royal Mint by Christopher Edgar Challis

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