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as nothing is more difficult to express or Less elegant when expressd on the face of a Coin than the heraldic distinction it may be proper to lay them aside The arms of a King are the arms of the Nation he Governs a King then Can have no particular Satisfaction in having Either the national arms or his Titles in this manner displayd it is not every one who sees a Guinea that knows that the figure in the Centre of the 4th Canton it is the Electoral Imperial Crown of Germany for in Truth it bears not the Smallest resemblance to any drawing of it which Travelers have publishd & many a one who hopes for a well informd man & realy is so does not know that the abbreviation placd round the Reverse M.B.F. & H. Rex F.C.B et L.D. S.R.I.A.T. & E. signifies Magnæ Britannia Franciae & Hiberniæ Rex Fidei Defensor Brunswique & Luneburgue dux Saeni Romani Imperii Arche Thesaurarius & Elector. This must be allowd as his Majesty is now Britannarium Rex & may it not be advisable or so excellent an opportunity in the union of three Kingdoms to alter the decrees on the whole of the Coins & make them similar to each other & uniform The device of the three national crosses united into what is Calld the union th has been thought of by the H. yet for the device on Copper money for Ireland it denotes our Religion it brings to our minds our Patron Saints whose names have always been ones animated our Troops in the Field in war & Pose a threat there to an Enemy & it holds in our perpetual recollection that we are united & as such able to cope with intire Europe when ever she may chuse to dare us to the Field.
Such a device simple & of course classic would do honor to the Taste of the Countrey & enable our die presses to do justice to their cost. The Kings Portrait on the one side with his Crown on the other would mark his Royal Prerogative George 3d D.G. Rex Britannarium might read on both sides & the value of the Coin in units be always stampd in the exergue.