I Never Know What I'm Doing...

Georgius the third looks mean is that the same king the US rebelled against?

KenKat, these things are huge. I can easily hide an Ike dollar in between 2 of them and I'll bet it's 4 times the thickness. I'm going to start carrying one around with me for self defense!

fenton, I believe it is.

If I understand correctly, these were minted from 1797-1838?, but always had 1797 as the date on them. But, the vast majority were minted in the first couple years and still didn't total more than around 50,000 for the whole span.

That is an awesome coin! Only 50,000 made for their entire span? You did great Scooby Due! I'm guessing it wouldn't fit in a 2x2?!

I red somewhere at 4th July 1776, George III wrote to his diary "nothing special happened today". I don't remember which book I red it, so I can not give reference. Instant communication across Atlantic didn't start until 1901 - long time after Ole' George is dead.
Why he looks so sad? maybe it's because the loss of his eldest daughter devastated him through the end of his life. Maybe because he had a "mysterious madness". Today's scientists think he has a blood disease that causes severe depression and some contemporary witnesses claim George III showed symptoms similar to Alzheimer's. Who knows why he is sad! - I want to quote Joker in Batman here, "why so sad, son?"

Jaymon, that's what I remember reading somewhere. Actually, I think I read it here, but couldn't find the old thread.

Anyway, I'm waiting for any one of our walking dictionaries to chime in and set us straight. But, I believe that to be correct (at least for now - LOL!).

You did just great!

I have a different mintage figure. There were some complications for this type. First coins for circulation were struck in 1797. By 1800 they already started melting them as the price of copper increased (by 1805 it was up 30%). But they did continue striking coins from the same dies (of which there were many varieties) for decades, including off-metal and bronzed ones ("late Soho").
The Coincraft gives the mintage figure of 722,160, The Krause supplies a similar figure without mention of any melting. To my understanding 722k must me the number of "available" specimens. But I could be wrong ...

My Coin yearbook 2008 says that 1,220,000(?) of that coin has been struck. Nevertheless, I really love those big coppers. However they make terrible pocket pieces. If you like carrying one around in your pocket like I do with my 1994 Australia year of the Family 50c, unlike Cupronickel, they tend to wound up pretty easy.

For you history buffs I recommend Richard Doty's "The SOHO
Mint and the Industrialization of Money". It includes lots of
information on the cartwheel pence and twopence drawn from
the Boulton papers.