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| 背面描述 | Benedetto Pistrucci's celebrated Neo-Classical design depicting Saint George, helmeted and nude save for a billowing cloak, mounted on a rearing horse and thrusting a broken lance downward into a writhing dragon beneath the horse's hooves. The scene is rendered with exceptional sculptural depth and dynamism. Pistrucci's initials B.P. appear in the lower right field. The date 1887 is inscribed in the exergue below the groundline, with the Sydney Branch mintmark S positioned just above it. The coin is encircled by a milled border. |
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| 铸币厂 | Royal Mint, Sydney Branch (S), Australia (1855-1926) |
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The 1887 five-pound piece was part of a coordinated jubilee coinage issued to mark Victoria's fiftieth year on the throne, with the portrait by Joseph Boehm replacing the aging Young Head that had appeared on gold since 1838. The new "Jubilee Head" was controversial from the moment it appeared — critics in the press and Parliament mocked the small crown perched atop the queen's coiffure, and Victoria herself was reportedly displeased with it. The design was retired just four years later.
Struck for presentation and collection rather than commerce, most examples saw minimal handling. The five-pound denomination was never intended as everyday currency at any point in Victorian coinage.