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Five Pounds
Edward VII 1901-1910 AD
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Edward VII
Edward VII five pounds were only issued for one year as part of the coronation. Matt proof sets where also issued in 1902.
The obverse Head of King Edward VII facing right
Lettering: EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:DES.
Engraver: George William de Saulles
St. George on horseback holding short sword, the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; in exergue, the date Lettering:
S
S B.P.
1902
Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci
Edge
Milled
The obverse Head of King Edward VII facing right
Lettering: EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:DES.
Engraver: George William de Saulles
St. George on horseback holding short sword, the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; in exergue, the date Lettering:
S
S B.P.
1902
Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci
Edge
Milled
1902 Gold,
40 grams,
37mm Diameter.
40 grams,
37mm Diameter.
This was a special commemorative issue related to the coronation of Edward VII, the only other five pound coin struck in Australia, also at the Sydney mint, was in 1887 for the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. After the closure of the Sydney mint in 1926 the dies for this coin were brought to the Melbourne mint and may have been employed there before being defaced and sent to the Dixon Collection in Sydney (now in the State Library of New South Wales, Dixon Collection).
Mintage of 35,000 but 27,000 were melted, leaving a mintage of 8,000 coins.
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