Issuer | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
Type | Non-circulating coin |
Years | 1847-1853 |
Value | 1 Crown (¼) |
Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
Composition | Silver (.925) |
Weight | 28.28 g |
Diameter | 38.61 mm |
Thickness | 2.4 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Number | N# 23740 |
References |
KM# 744,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
Sp# 3883, And 5 more volumes.
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom
Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
Sp# 3884 And 2 more volumes.
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom
Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes. |
'Gothic' crowned portrait of Queen Victoria left, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: Victoria dei gratia britanniar.reg:f:d·
Unabridged legend: Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina Fidei Defensatrix
Translation: Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith
Engraver: William Wyon
Crowned cruciform shields of England, Scotland and Ireland around central Garter star with national flower emblems in angles, date below in Roman numerals.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter)
Lettering:
tueatur unita deus
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
anno dom mdcccxlvii
Translation:
May God protect this Union
Shame on he who thinks evil on it
In the year of our Lord 1847
Engraver: William Dyce
Regnal year in Roman numerals and inscribed in Latin.
Note: plain edge varieties exist
Lettering: DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI UNDECIMO
Translation: An ornament and a safeguard. Eleventh year of reign.
The standard weight of these coins was 10/11 troy ounce (436.4 grains).
Edge and die rotation varieties:
Sp#3883 UNDECIMO on edge, coin rotation;
Sp#3884 SEPTIMO on edge, medal rotation;
The 56th edition of Spink Standard Catalogue of British Coins (2021) has a footnote for the 3883 Crown stating, 'Beware of recent forgeries'.
This coin was not included in demonetization legislation when decimalization was introduced in 1971. It has been confirmed by the Royal Mint that the coin remains legal tender, having been remonetized with a value of 25 pence.
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Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
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1847 | 14% | Sp#3883; 'SEPTIMO' edge error, of highest rarity | ||||||||||||
1847 | 8 000 | $ 4400 | 73% | Sp#3883; 'UNDECIMO' on edge, Proof | ||||||||||
1847 | 12% | Sp#3883; plain edge, Proof | ||||||||||||
1853 | 460 | 0% | Sp#3884; 'SEPTIMO' on edge, Proof | |||||||||||
1853 | 4% | Sp#3884; plain edge, Proof |
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