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England, copper "cartwheel" penny, George III, 1797, engraved with execution scene on obverse.

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England, copper  cartwheel  penny, George III, 1797, engraved with execution scene on obverse.
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England, copper "cartwheel" penny, George III, 1797, engraved with execution scene on obverse. Sp-3777; KM-618. 28.1 grams. The ultimate in revolutionary propaganda, as the obverse of this coin (choice, lustrous XF, even brown in color), portrays the king in an execution scene, with the blade of the guillotine hanging over his neck and with his head from the mouth up completely covered in a mask. An important token from the Revolutionary period, probably quite valuable if it could ever be proved that this was engraved in the United States.