1 Crown – United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Context
Material
References
KM: #Click to copy to clipboard744
Numista: #23740
Value
Bullion value: $74.39
Obverse
Description:
Victoria crowned left, Gothic legend.
Inscription:
Victoria dei gratia britanniar.reg:f:d·
Translation:
By the grace of God, Queen of the Britains, Defender of the Faith.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter)
Language: Latin
Engraver: William Wyon
Reverse
Description:
Crowned shields of England, Scotland, and Ireland around a central Garter star, with national flowers in the angles and a date in Roman numerals below.
Inscription:
tueatur unita deus
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
anno dom mdcccxlvii
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
anno dom mdcccxlvii
Translation:
May God protect the united
Shamed be he who thinks evil of it
In the year of our Lord 1847
Shamed be he who thinks evil of it
In the year of our Lord 1847
Scripts: Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter)
Engraver: William Dyce
Edge
Regnal year in Roman numerals and inscribed in Latin.Note: plain edge varieties exist
Legend:
DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI UNDECIMO
Translation:
An ornament and a safeguard in the eleventh year of the reign
Language: Latin
Mints
| Name | Mark |
|---|---|
| Royal Mint (Tower Hill) | — |
Mintings
| Year | Mint Mark | Mintage | Quality | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1847 | — | — | ||
| 1847 | — | 8,000 | Proof | |
| 1853 | — | 460 | Proof |
⭐ Rare