Numismatics Gallery

Queen Victoria Jubilee Head Silver Crown, England

The obverse of the silver crown features Queen Victoria's Jubilee portrait, facing left and wearing the small diamond crown, commissioned by her in 1870. VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D appear either side of the portrait with the engraver's initials J.E.B. (Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1834-1890) on the queen's shoulder. The reverse pictures Benedetto Pistrucci's St George on horseback, slaying the dragon, together with the initials B.P. and the year 1890. The jubilee head design was used from 1887, for silver and gold coins only, and was continued until 1893. It was introduced for the golden jubilee (50 years) of Queen Victoria's reign. Royal portraits have been used on English coins for over 1000 years. The British Crown came into circulation in 1707, after the Union of England and Scotland, to replace the English Crown and Scottish Dollar. The value was set at 5 shillings. It measures 38 mm in diameter and weighs around 28 grams

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Templeton Reid Five Dollars, 1830 (gold)

1153902 Templeton Reid Five Dollars, 1830 (gold) by American School, (19th century); 3.4x3.4 cm; National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, USA; (add.info.: Templeton Reid set up a private mint in Georgia to process the gold being discovered there, and in nearby North Carolina, since the 1820s. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA.); American, out of copyright

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Half-groat dies of Edward III, York mint, c.1353-55 (steel)

1220187 Half-groat dies of Edward III, York mint, c.1353-55 (steel) by English School, (14th century); The Royal Mint Museum, Llantrisant, UK; (add.info.: Edward III (13 November 1312 - 21 June 1377), King of England from 25 January 1327 until his death.); A© Royal Mint Museum ; English, out of copyright

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