fwo_626432 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA 2 Pounds (2 Livres) Victoria “Old Head” 1893 Londres
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Price : 1 450.00 €
Type : 2 Pounds (2 Livres) Victoria “Old Head”
Date: 1893
Mint name / Town : Londres
Quantity minted : 52000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 28,4 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,92 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été nettoyée. Monture ancienne avec bélière
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 : À 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
Pour ce type dit “à la vieille tête, la pièce de 2 Livres n'a été frappée que pour le millésime 1893 avec 52.000 pièces de qualité courante et 773 en qualité Épreuve.
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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