1 Crown - Victoria `Gothic` type

€23,740.00
IssuerUnited Kingdom
Year1847-1853
TypeNon-circulating coin
Value1 Crown (1/4)
CurrencyPound sterling (1158-1970)
CompositionSilver (.925)
Weight28.3 g
Dimensions38.6 mm
Thickness2.4 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)Obverse: William Wyon
Reverse: William Dyce
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#744, Sp#3883, Sp#3884
Obverse description`Gothic` crowned portrait of Queen Victoria left, legend around.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringVictoria dei gratia britanniar.reg:f:d·
(Translation: Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith)
Reverse descriptionCrowned cruciform shields of England, Scotland and Ireland around central Garter star with national flower emblems in angles, date below in Roman numerals.
Reverse scriptLatin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter)
Reverse letteringtueatur unita deus HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE anno dom mdcccxlvii
(Translation: May God protect this Union Shame on he who thinks evil on it In the year of our Lord 1847)
EdgeRegnal year in Roman numerals and inscribed in Latin.
Mint
Mintage1847  - Sp#3883; `SEPTIMO` edge error, of highest rarity -
1847  - Sp#3883; `UNDECIMO` on edge, Proof - 8 000
1847  - Sp#3883; plain edge, Proof -
1853  - Sp#3884; `SEPTIMO` on edge, Proof - 460
1853  - Sp#3884; plain edge, Proof -
Catalog ID4199112690
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