George V, 1926 Sydney Sovereign, Specimen
George V, 1926 Sydney Sovereign, Specimen
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
1926
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 2180
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
1 coin - 2.15 cm diameter - gold:
0.01 of textual material - approx. 6 x 4 cm. - manuscript, pen, paper
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 unmarked and uncirculated gold specimen strike coin.
A circular gold coin, 21.5 mm diameter with milled edge.
The obverse portrays George V facing left, below the portrait are the artist's initials BM; around the portrait are the words, GEORGIVS V D.G. RITT : OMN : REX F.D. IND : IMP:. Translates as 'George the Fifth, by the Grace...
Alternative Titles
Full title
George V, 1926 Sydney Sovereign, Specimen
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Object History
This coin was originally owned by Robert Craig Dixson, (Sir William Dixson's brother).
Noble Numismatics Sale 84 (March 2007).
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Noble Numismatics, June 2015. Sale 106, Lot 1434.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Sydney Mint produced sovereigns until its closure in 1926 when it was subsumed into the new Commonwealth Mint in Canberra. It was one of only 4 mints in the world producing sovereigns, the others being Melbourne, Perth and Pretoria.
This coin is the sixth last sovereign to be struck by the Sydney Mint on 11th August 1926. According to t...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 2180
Record Identifier
92eVQB3Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVQB3Y
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1353547
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