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A gold coin (19 mm diameter with plain edge) featuring a crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left, veiled and draped, wearing ribbon and Star of Garter; around VICTORIA . DEI . GRA . BRITT. REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP . , the artist's initials, T.B. are below the bust. The reverse features St. George on horseback holding short sword in right hand, wearing a flowing cape, helmet and boots; the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; the date, 1894 in the exergue.
The mint mark (if any; coins struck at the Royal Mint London do not have a mint mark) is in the ground above the middle of the date. |
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Crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left, veiled and draped, wearing ribbon and Star of Garter (effigy known as the "Old head" or "Veiled head"). Around, the legend VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·; the artist's initials T.B. (for Sir Thomas Brock) are below the bust. |
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St. George on horseback holding short sword in right hand, wearing a flowing cape, helmet and boots, streamer flowing from helmet; the horse rearing to right over fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; the date, 1894 in the exergue.
Royal Mint London coins do not have a mint mark. The mint mark for branch mints (M for Melbourne Mint) is in the ground under the horse's right hoof, above the middle of the date. |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Melbourne Mint half sovereigns of 1894 are not listed in Marsh, Spink or Renniks. Krause lists them as proof only.
References to additional information:
[Book] Marsh, Michael A. The Gold Half Sovereign. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Coins, 1982. pp. 13-40. |
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