1 Crown - Victoria Young head, Pattern

€1.00
IssuerUnited Kingdom
Year1887
TypeCoin pattern
Value1 Crown (1/4)
CurrencyPound sterling (1158-1970)
CompositionGold
Weight
Dimensions40.5 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
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Obverse descriptionLarge left-facing portrait of Queen Victoria as a young monarch, uncrowned but her hair bound with two fillets, each without ornamentation, ending in a pony tail, closely copied from the Wyon design struck in London at the beginning of the reign. A flat six-pointed star appears centred below the portrait.
Obverse script
Obverse letteringVICTORIA · D : G : BRITANNIAR · REG : F : D .
(Translation: Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith)
Reverse descriptionOrder of the Garter crest supported by a crowned lion and a unicorn in chains, surrounded by an intricately detailed bowed wreath. On each side, a ring of beads outlines the raised rim, which is sharply squared off.
Reverse script
Reverse letteringHONI SOIT [QUI] MAL Y PENSE DIEU ET MON DROIT
(Translation: Shame on he [who] thinks evil of it God and my right)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1887)  - Proof -
Catalog ID9789709100
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