1 Pound - Charles III Una and The Lion

正面描述	Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III in right-facing left-profile bust, rendered in high relief after the portrait by engraver Glyn Davies, whose initials 'GD' appear at the truncation. The legend CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · ST. HELENA curves around the periphery, separated by raised dots, within an ornate beaded and scroll border. The denomination 1 POUND is inscribed across the lower field beneath the portrait.
正面文字	登录以查看详情
正面铭文	登录以查看详情
背面描述	登录以查看详情
背面文字	登录以查看详情
背面铭文	登录以查看详情
边缘	Reeded
铸币厂	登录以查看详情
铸造量	登录以查看详情
附加信息	The "Una and the Lion" design has one of the more unusual origin stories in British numismatics. William Wyon's original 1839 pattern sovereign — never adopted for circulation — depicted the young Victoria as Una from Spenser's Faerie Queene, guided by a lion representing British power. It was struck purely as a showpiece and promptly shelved. The composition has since been revived repeatedly as a prestige issue, most recently reinterpreted here under the East India Company's modern licensing operation, which holds no historical continuity with the colonial trading body dissolved in 1874.

您可能也会喜欢