Live auction - fwo_470864 - UNITED KINGDOM 1 Penny Victoria “tête jeune” 1853

UNITED KINGDOM 1 Penny Victoria “tête jeune” 1853 MS

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Estimate :	300 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 19:32:04

Type : 1 Penny Victoria “tête jeune”

Date: 1853

Quantity minted : 1021440

Metal : copper

Diameter : 34 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 19,13 g.

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est couverte d’une atypique patine dorée

Catalogue references :

Sp.3948

Obverse

Obverse legend : VICTORIA DEI GRATIA / 1853.

Obverse description : Tête à gauche de Victoria jeune, inscription WW sur la tranche du cou.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BRITANNIAR REG. FID: DEF:.

Reverse description : Britannia assise à droite.

Commentary

Victoria I (1819-1901) est la fille d'Édouard, duc de Kent, et de Victoria de Saxe Cobourg. Elle succède à son oncle Guillaume IV en 1837 et épouse Albert, prince de Saxe Cobourg Gotha (1819-1861), en 1840. Elle est la grand-mère de l'Europe nobilia.