Richard Yeo
1720
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1779
British medallist and Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint (1720-1779)
Richard Yeo was a British medalist and Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint, in which capacity he supplied patterns for the guinea and five guinea coins of George III. He was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Art, and appears in the group portrait by John Zoffany.
![The Duke as Hercules, Overcoming Discord and Raising Britannia [reverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Richard_Yeo%2C_The_Duke_as_Hercules%2C_Overcoming_Discord_and_Raising_Britannia_(reverse)%2C_1746%2C_NGA_108164.jpg/500px-Richard_Yeo%2C_The_Duke_as_Hercules%2C_Overcoming_Discord_and_Raising_Britannia_(reverse)%2C_1746%2C_NGA_108164.jpg)
![William, 1721-1765, Duke of Cumberland [obverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Richard_Yeo%2C_William%2C_1721-1765%2C_Duke_of_Cumberland_(obverse)%2C_1746%2C_NGA_108163.jpg/500px-Richard_Yeo%2C_William%2C_1721-1765%2C_Duke_of_Cumberland_(obverse)%2C_1746%2C_NGA_108163.jpg)
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