fwo_867491 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA 1/2 Souverain 1846 Londres
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Type : 1/2 Souverain
Date: 1846
Mint name / Town : Londres
Quantity minted : 1064000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
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PCGS :
Coments on the condition:
monnaie sous coque PCGS Genuine Graffiti-AU Detail
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA DEI - GRATIA / 1846.
Obverse description : Buste de Victoria à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BRITANNIARUM - REGINA FID: DEF:.
Reverse description : Écu festonné couronné.
Commentary
Le demi-souverain a été introduit sous Henri VIII en 1544. La fabrication a été stoppée entre 1604 et 1817. Réapparue sous Georges III, suite à la loi dite ''Great Recoinage'' de 1816, en même temps que le Souverain, la production s’est poursuivie jusqu’en 1926 en Grande-Bretagne et en 1933 en Australie.
Ce type a été frappé de 1838 à 1885.
Ce type a été frappé de 1838 à 1885.
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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