5 Pounds – (1839)

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Image source: Numismatica Genevensis SA 12-2019-725
Photographer: Lübke+Wiedemann, Leonberg

Additional information

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Mint

Designer

Description obverse

VICTORIA D G BRITANNIARUM REGINA F D around the effigy of Queen Victoria facing left

Description reverse

Victoria standing, wearing the crown jewels. Beyond her a male Lion. Above them DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS. In the section below the date in latin lettering and the initials of the engraver

Remarks

Known as "Una and the Lion"




Reference

United Kingdom. 5 Pounds 1839, London. CoCo GB-1839-0001.