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E-auction 206-134117 - fwo_427752 - AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA 1 Souverain type Saint-Georges 1887 Melbourne

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA 1 Souverain type Saint-Georges 1887 Melbourne XF
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : 295 €
Maximum bid : 295 €
End of the sale : 27 March 2017 17:18:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : 1 Souverain type Saint-Georges
Date: 1887
Mint name / Town : Melbourne
Quantity minted : 1000000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,97 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : VICTORIA D:G: BRITTANIAR: REG:F:D:.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Victoria à gauche / M.
Obverse translation : (Victoria par la grâce de Dieu, reine des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi).

Reverse


Reverse legend : 1887 À L'EXERGUE .
Reverse description : Saint-Georges, nu, casqué, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, tenant un glaive de la main droite, galopant à droite, terrassant un dragon.

Commentary


Seule la lettre d'atelier placée à la pointe de l'écu permet de distinguer ce souverain australien d'un souverain normal, fabriqué en Angleterre. Ce type fut frappé à Melbourne entre 1873 et 1887 ainsi qu’à Sydney entre 1871 et 1887.

Historical background


AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA

(20/06/1837-22/01/1901)

Victoria I (1819-1901) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, and Victoria of Saxe Coburg. She succeeded her uncle William IV in 1837 and married Albert, Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha (1819-1861), in 1840. She was the grandmother of noble Europe.

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