Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)

Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850) · 1826

gold
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The shield is quartered with the arms of England (1 & 4), Scotland (2), and Ireland (3) with the crowned arms of the Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg at the center.

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