Those coins minted after the great recoinage of 1816 bear the royal coat of arms on the reverse, surrounded by the George IV sixpences are similar to those of his predecessor, but on some issues the Garter surrounding the shield is replaced by floral emblems representing England, Scotland and Ireland, with the inscription ( e . g.
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After Charles Davenant published his " An Essay on the East India Trade " in 1697, Pollexfen responded with his essay " England and East India Inconsistent in their Manufactures ", and also published " A Discourse of Trade and Coyn " dated 15 July 1696, an extended version of which was republished to counter William Lowndes proposal of recoinage.
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The sixth in a projected ten article series about the Great Recoinage of U . S . coins between 1907 and 1921, we return to the initial battles which we saw in Saint-Gaudens double eagle between sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Mint Chief Engraver Charles E . Barber and President Theodore Roosevelt, who went so far as to threaten Barber with decapitation ( a certain appropriateness there, what with Barber's cutting name ).
