v19_1859 - AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA Demi-souverain, (half sovereign) 1857 Sydney
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 165.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 165.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Demi-souverain, (half sovereign)
Date: 1857
Mint name / Town : Sydney
Quantity minted : 537000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,80 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Forte usure de circulation. Exemplaire complet
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA D. G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:/ (MILLÉSIME).
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Victoria à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Victoria par la grâce de Dieu, reine des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SYDNEY MINT/ AUSTRALIA/ HALF SOVEREIGN.
Reverse description : Couronne entre deux branches d’olivier.
Reverse translation : (Atelier de Sydney/ Australie/ Demi souverain).
Commentary
BOUTIQUE MONDE.
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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