E-auction 545-470820 - fjt_862311 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Jeton de Compte Victoria / Duc de Cumberland 1837
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| Estimate : | 15 € |
| Price : | 12 € |
| Maximum bid : | 12 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 September 2023 19:23:20 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Jeton de Compte Victoria / Duc de Cumberland
Date: 1837
Quantity minted : -
Metal : brass
Diameter : 21,1 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,41 g.
Edge : canneleée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA - REGINA.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche de la reine Victoria jeune.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TO HANOVER // 1837.
Reverse description : Représentation satirique d’Ernest Auguste duc de Cumberland couronné et à cheval sur un dragon.
Commentary
Ce jeton de compte popularisé sous le nom de Cumberland Jack reprend le style du souverain or. Lors de la mort de Guillaume IV, la princesse Victoria lui succède au trône du Royaume-Uni mais la loi salique en vigueur l’empêche de devenir souveraine du Royaume d’Hanovre. Son oncle Ernest-Auguste devient donc roi du Hanovre. Ce dernier était un membre de la Chambre des lords très conservateur et très anti-catholique. Son impopularité était grandissante tant par ses dépenses que par ses caprices ou de multiples faits divers que lui prête la presse. Le revers est donc une satire du personnage, son départ pour Hanovre étant finalement un soulagement pour une grande partie de l’opinion.
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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