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1 Crown - Edward VIII
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Edward VIII facing left, depicted as a bare-headed bust with short hair, rendered in high relief in a clean, modernist style. The portrait is centrally placed within the field, showing the king in civilian dress with a collar visible at the truncation. The circumferential legend reads EDWARD . VIII . KING . & . EMPEROR, separated by raised dot stops, running along the inner border of the milled edge. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the celebrated Saint George and the Dragon composition after Benedetto Pistrucci, depicting a helmeted and nude Saint George on horseback, rearing to the right, raising his sword to deliver the killing blow to the dragon beneath the horse's hooves. The dragon, rendered with serpentine tail and scaled body, lies trampled in the lower field. The date 1936 appears in the exergual area beneath the dragon, incorporated into the design in the manner of the original Pistrucci crown type. |
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