Catalogus
Volledige afbeeldingen bekijken — gratis registratie
Doorgaan met Google — het is gratis
of registreer met e-mail
Waarom registreren? Alleen om bots buiten ons catalogus te houden. Uw e-mail blijft privé — we delen het nooit en sturen u niets zonder uw toestemming. Dat garanderen wij u!
5 Pounds - Victoria 1st portrait, 'Una and the Lion'
| Uitgever | Royal Mint |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1839 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | 5 Pounds |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | Log in om details te zien |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Techniek | Log in om details te zien |
| Oriëntatie | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
|---|---|
| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Schrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS. MDCCCXXXIX W. WYON R.A. (Translation: May God direct my steps 1839) |
| Rand | Log in om details te zien |
| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
The "Una and the Lion" five-pound piece of 1839 was designed by William Wyon and issued as a pattern rather than a circulation strike — it was never intended for everyday use. Wyon based the allegorical composition on Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, depicting Victoria as the character Una leading the lion of England, a deliberately political image for a queen newly crowned at eighteen.
Survivors are nearly always in high grade for the simple reason that virtually none circulated. Contemporary accounts record Queen Victoria herself receiving presentation examples, and the coin was restrikes were produced in limited numbers through the mid-Victorian period to meet collector demand — distinguishable from originals by subtle die differences that remain a point of ongoing specialist debate.