fwo_928607 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA 1 Crown Victoria “old Head” 1893
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Price : 70.00 €
Type : 1 Crown Victoria “old Head”
Date: 1893
Quantity minted : 498000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,71 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief
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Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA. DEI. GRA. - BRITT. REGINA. FID. DEF. - IND. IMP..
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Victoria âgée à gauche, voilée avec une robe d'apparat.
Obverse translation : (Victoria par la grâce de Dieu, reine des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi, impératrice des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE 1893.
Reverse description : Saint-Georges à cheval bondissant à droite, casqué, nu, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, terrassant le dragon ; signé B.P..
Commentary
La Couronne (Crown) a été introduite en Angleterre par la réforme monétaire d’Henri VIII en 1526. Elle vaut 5 Shillings. La dénomination “Crown” sera abandonnée en 1950 au profit de la mention “5 Shillings”..
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA
(20/06/1837-22/01/1901)
Victoria (1819-1901) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of George III. She succeeded her uncle Guillaume IV in 1837 and married her cousin Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg in 1840, against her mother's advice. She had nine children by him but became a widow in 1861. While respecting the rules of the parliamentary system, she tried to impose her views in the field of foreign affairs. Her favourite, Disraeli, had her given the title of Empress of India in 1876. Respected and loved, active and authoritarian, Victoria appeared in her time as the symbol of imperialist England. His reign marks the height of British power.
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