E-auction 456-367855 - fwo_626330 - FALKLAND ISLANDS 1 Crown Proof Maison de Windsor - Georges V 2017 Pobjoy Mint

FALKLAND ISLANDS 1 Crown Proof Maison de Windsor - Georges V 2017 Pobjoy Mint MS

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Estimate :	20 €
Price :	11 €
Maximum bid :	18 €
End of the sale :	10 January 2022 16:24:30
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 1 Crown Proof Maison de Windsor - Georges V

Date: 2017

Mint name / Town : Pobjoy Mint

Quantity minted : 10000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 38,6 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 28,28 g.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM21/-

Obverse

Obverse legend : QUEENN ELIZABETH II FALKLAND ISLANDS 2017.

Obverse description : Bustes de profil de la reine Élisabeth II et du Prince Philippe.

Reverse

Reverse legend : HOUSE OF WINDSOR:KING GEORGE V // ONE CROWN.

Reverse description : Portrait à gauche du roi Georges V.

Reverse translation : (maison de Windsor : roi Georges V).

Commentary

En 1917, pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, face à une opinion publique de plus en plus antigermanique, le roi George V préfère changer le nom de sa dynastie de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha en Windsor du même nom.
In 1917, during the First World War, faced with increasingly anti-German public opinion, King George V preferred to change the name of his dynasty from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor of the same name.