# Two Pound Piece: George III (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (reverse)

- By: Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian, 1784–1855)
- Date: 1820
- Medium: gold
- Classification: Coins
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
- Culture: England, George III, 1760-1820
- Credit line: The Norweb Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.213)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.213/1969.213_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The five- and two-pound pieces struck for George III were only struck as patterns in this, the last year of the his reign. No pieces of either denomination were put into circulation. This very rare piece shows Pistrucci's Saint George as modified by Wyon. In the original the lance is broken; here the lance a been converted by Wyon into a sword, and it has appeared thus in future coinage. Later, in currency issues, the streamer disappears for a time for the helmet.