Catalog
4 Pence - Victoria
| Issuer | Royal Mint (London) |
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| Year | 1891-1901 |
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| Thickness | 0.9 mm |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of Queen Victoria facing left, engraved in the Jubilee portrait style by Leonard Charles Wyon. The Queen wears a small state crown atop elaborately styled hair gathered at the nape with a ribbon, with fine detail rendered in the curling tresses. The legend VICTORIA QUEEN arcs around the periphery, flanked by a beaded border. The field is plain and slightly concave, lending the portrait a cameo-like relief characteristic of Royal Mint coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Central denomination FOUR PENCE inscribed in two lines within an ornate wreath composed of oak branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. A Tudor crown surmounts the wreath at the top of the field. The circular legend BRITISH GUIANA AND WEST INDIES runs around the periphery, with the date positioned in the lower exergual area below the wreath. The entire design is contained within a beaded border, and the composition reflects the standard colonial groat reverse type used throughout Victoria's reign for Caribbean territories. |
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| Mintage | 1891 - - 336,000 1894 - - 120,000 1900 - - 45,000 1901 - - 60,000 |
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