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Live auction - fwo_571788 - AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA 1 Souverain type écu couronné 1880 Sydney

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA 1 Souverain type écu couronné 1880 Sydney AU
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : 525 €
Maximum bid : 616 €
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 19:16:45
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : 1 Souverain type écu couronné
Date: 1880
Mint name / Town : Sydney
Quantity minted : 1459000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,96 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : VICTORIA DEI GRATIA / 1880.
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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