Live auction - fwo_470069 - UNITED KINGDOM 1/2 Penny Victoria “Bun Head” 1887

UNITED KINGDOM 1/2 Penny Victoria “Bun Head” 1887 AU

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Estimate :	170 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 19:33:34

Type : 1/2 Penny Victoria “Bun Head”

Date: 1887

Quantity minted : 5315085

Metal : copper

Diameter : 25,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 9,5 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

Sp.3956 - KM.19/748.2

Obverse

Obverse legend : VICTORIA. D: G: BRITT. REG: F: D:.

Obverse description : Buste couronnée et voilé de Victoria à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : HALF PENNY/ 1887.

Reverse description : Britannia assise à droite.

Commentary

Victoria I (1819-1901) est la fille d'Édouard, duc de Kent, et de Victoria de Saxe Cobourg. Elle succède à son oncle Guillaume IV en 1837 et épouse Albert, prince de Saxe Cobourg Gotha (1819-1861), en 1840. Elle est la grand-mère de l'Europe nobilia.
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 and Gotha (1819-1861), in 1840. She is the grandmother of European nobilia.