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Victoria 1837-1901 AD
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18 after her father's three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue. She ascended the throne when the United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers. Privately, she attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality.
The early issues of Queen Victoria up to 1850 had a portrait in fairly high relief.
In the years 1851 to 1873 no halfcrowns were issued for circulation, as the florin was used in its place. Proofs are known dated 1853 (from the Proof Set of that year), 1862 and 1864.
Halfcrowns are known dated between 1866 and 1871, but these are forgeries, almost without exception.
When the halfcrown was reintroduced in 1874 a lower relief portrait of the Queen was used. Both types had a similar reverse showing a coat of arms with a wreath around . This sometimes causes confusuion with the crown, which had the same reverse design.
Design changes took place in 1887 (the Jubilee issue) and 1893 (the Old or Veiled Head issue). Minor variations in the reverse of the Veiled Head issues are known, mainly distinguished by the length of the border teeth.
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18 after her father's three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue. She ascended the throne when the United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers. Privately, she attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality.
The early issues of Queen Victoria up to 1850 had a portrait in fairly high relief.
In the years 1851 to 1873 no halfcrowns were issued for circulation, as the florin was used in its place. Proofs are known dated 1853 (from the Proof Set of that year), 1862 and 1864.
Halfcrowns are known dated between 1866 and 1871, but these are forgeries, almost without exception.
When the halfcrown was reintroduced in 1874 a lower relief portrait of the Queen was used. Both types had a similar reverse showing a coat of arms with a wreath around . This sometimes causes confusuion with the crown, which had the same reverse design.
Design changes took place in 1887 (the Jubilee issue) and 1893 (the Old or Veiled Head issue). Minor variations in the reverse of the Veiled Head issues are known, mainly distinguished by the length of the border teeth.
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