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Currency - Coin - Great Britain - 1 Penny

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Currency - Coin - Great Britain - 1 Penny
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Coin - Great Britain - 1 Penny - 1897 -DEI.GRATIA.REGINA.F.D - Queen Victoria

KM # 790

SPECIFICATIONS~

Composition: Bronze

Weight: 9.4000 g

Diameter: 31 mm

Edge: Smooth



DESIGN~

Obverse: Mature Draped Bustleft (3rd Portrait)

Obverse Description:

Queen Victoria British bronze “Widow Head” penny.

Obverse Designer: Thomas Brock

Reverse: Britannia seated right

Reverse Description:

Seated figure of Britannia right, with trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind, denomination above and date in exergue

Reverse Designer: Leonard Charles Wyon


NOTE~

Ruler: Victoria

Minted: British Royal Mint

Series: Pre-Decimal


General Information:

This is a popular series for all serious collectors.

The coin was current in Australia and this was the model (in terms of size and alloy) for this denomination among those chosen for the coinage of the Commonwealth of Australia (beginning in 1911).