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1 Sovereign - Victoria
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1887-1893 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Jubilee effigy of Queen Victoria facing left, wearing the small diamond crown, a veil, and a pearl drop earring, with a draped and jewelled bodice, engraved by Joseph Edgar Boehm. The designer's initials J.E.B. appear on the truncation. The surrounding legend reads VICTORIA D:G: BRITT:REG:F:D: in raised Latin lettering, distributed around the upper and right periphery of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | The celebrated St. George and the Dragon design by Benedetto Pistrucci depicts an armoured St. George on horseback, his cloak billowing behind him, thrusting a broken spear downward into a writhing dragon beneath the horse's hooves. The composition fills the entire field with dynamic movement. The date appears in the exergue below the groundline, flanked by the mint mark (M or S) to the left and Pistrucci's engraver's initials B.P. to the right. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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