fwo_934725 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA 1 Florin style gothique 1858 Londres
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Type : 1 Florin style gothique
Date: 1858
Mint name / Town : Londres
Quantity minted : 3920000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,11 g.
Edge : cannelée
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA D: G: BRIT - REG: F: D: MDCCCVIII. (EN LETTRES GOTHIQUES).
Obverse description : Buste couronné de la Reine à gauche avec une robe brodée ; signé W W au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Victoria par la grâce de Dieu reine des Bretons défenseur de la Foi 1852).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ONE - FLORIN/ ONE TENTH - OF A POUND (EN LETTRES GOTHIQUES).
Reverse description : Croix formée de quatre écus couronnés avec un fleuron central; en 1 et 4 d'Angleterre, en 2 d'Ecosse, en 3 d'Irlande, cantonnée de deux roses, d'un trèfle et d'un chardon.
Commentary
Ce type en florin eut une longévité inégalée, frappé de 1851 à 1887. .
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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