Three different reverse designs were used on the half -crowns; the first type struck in 1689 consists of a crowned shield with the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and France quarterly with the rampant lion of Orange-Nassau in an inescutcheon in ...
Spade Guinea - A guinea of the pattern coined 1789-1800, so called from the form of the escutcheon on the reverse.
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Superimposed within an escutcheon are the arms of the Bourbon Dynasty (three fleur de lis). The entire shield is surmounted by a royal crown. The assayer's intials are to the left of the arms, the coin's value in reales to the right.
 See also: Gold, Shield, Circulation, Mint, Reverse
  
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