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1⁄20 Shilling - Victoria Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1859 |
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| Reference(s) | KM# P42, BMC Eng#1981, F#686 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Seated figure of Britannia occupying the centre field, depicted in left profile upon a throne, wearing a crested helmet and classical drapery. She extends her right arm to hold a trident, while her left arm rests upon a large shield bearing the Union device, which leans against the throne. The composition is contained within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend, distributed around the full periphery between the beaded border and the milled rim, reads HALF DECIMAL PENNY ONE TWENTIETH OF A SHILLING, proclaiming both the denomination and its proposed decimal relationship to the shilling — a key element of the mid-Victorian decimal currency reform proposals. |
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| Reverse lettering | HALF DECIMAL PENNY ONE TWENTIETH OF A SHILLING |
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