v09_2028 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Cinq livres, (Five pounds) "Jubilee head" 1887 Londres
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 990.92 €
Estimate : 1 448.27 €
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Starting price : 990.92 €
Estimate : 1 448.27 €
unsold lot
Type : Cinq livres, (Five pounds) "Jubilee head"
Date: 1887
Mint name / Town : Londres
Quantity minted : 53844
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 39,89 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire ayant conservé la plus grande partie de son velours de frappe avec d'infimes marques de manipulation dans le champ du droit et du revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA D: G: - BRITT: REG: F: D:.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Victoria à gauche avec une robe d'apparat ; signé J.E.B. en relief sur la tranche du vêtement.
Obverse translation : (Victoria par la grâce de Dieu, reine des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE : 1887.
Reverse description : Saint Georges à cheval bondissant à droite, casqué, nu, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, terrassant le dragon ; signé B.P..
Commentary
Cette pièce commémore le cinquantième anniversaire de règne (1837-1887).
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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