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Live auction - fwo_397775 - AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA Souverain 1879 Sydney

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA Souverain 1879 Sydney MS62 PCGS
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Estimate : 700 €
Price : 570 €
Maximum bid : 570 €
End of the sale : 12 September 2017 17:49:00
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Souverain
Date: 1879
Mint name / Town : Sydney
Quantity minted : 1256000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8 g.
Edge : cannelée
Slab
slab PCGS
PCGS : MS62
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est sous coque PCGS MS62
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : VICTORIA DEI GRATIA - (MILLÉSIME).
Obverse description : Tête de Victoria à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Victoria par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse


Reverse legend : BRITANNIARUM - REGINA FID: DEF:.
Reverse description : Écu festonné, couronné, écartelé aux 1 et 4 d'Angleterre, au 2 d'Écosse et au 3 d'Irlande ; au-dessous S.
Reverse translation : (Reine des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi).

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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