Two Guinea Piece: George III (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Two Guinea Piece: George III (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)

John Sigismund Tanner (British, 1705–1775) · 1773

gold
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The year this coin was minted, colonists in Boston raided three British ships throwing several hundred chests of tea into the harbor.

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