2 Pounds - Edward VII Coronation
© Museum Victoria
Features
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Non circulating coin |
| Year | 1902 |
| Value | 2 Pounds (2) |
| Metal | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 15.91 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| References | KM# 16, Fr# 31 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Gold Coins of the World by Robert Friedberg (Coin & Currency Inst.) |
Commemorative issue
Coronation of Edward VII
Obverse
Head of King Edward VII facing right
Lettering:
EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
DES.
Engraver: George William de Saulles
George William de Saulles was a British medallist. He authored and designed the obverse of coins from the United Kingdom and its colonies under Queen Victoria and Edward VII of the United KingdomReverse
St. George on horseback holding short sword, the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; in exergue, the date
Lettering:
S
S B.P.
1902
Benedetto Pistrucci was a distinguished Italian Gem-engraver, medallist and coin-engraver who became Chief-medallist at the Royal Mint in England.Edge
Milled
Comments
This was a special commemorative issue related to the coronation of Edward VII, the only other two pound coin struck in Australia, also at the Sydney mint, was in 1887 for the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. After the closure of the Sydney mint in 1926 the dies for this coin were brought to the Melbourne mint and may have been employed there before being defaced and sent to the Dixon Collection in Sydney (now in the State Library of New South Wales, Dixon Collection).
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 S | 4 | Mate Proof | |||||||||
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