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1816
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George III is King but due to illness his son George is Prince Regent. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). US President is James Madison (DR-Virginia). Sir Humphry Davy's lamp is first tested. The Coinage Act and Great Recoinage attempt to stabilise the currency by reintroduction of silver coinage for transactions under forty shillings and changing the gold coinage from the guinea valued at 21 shillings to the slightly lighter gold sovereign worth 20 shillings and defining the value of the pound sterling relative to gold.
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