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2. Old Head coinage - Wikipedia

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   In 1899, a third Australian branch mint began to strike sovereigns. This was the Perth Mint, inaugurated on 20 June 1899. [50] It struck sovereigns in 1899, 1900 and 1901 and half sovereigns in 1899 and 1900. [49] Queen Victoria died in January 1901.

3. History of the British penny (1714–1901) - Wikipedia

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   The new penny design was introduced in 1895, [51] the new version being authorised by a proclamation dated 11 May of that year. Victoria is seen as an elderly woman, wearing a diadem partially eclipsed by a veil. She wears a necklace with a pendant, an earring, and the Garter Riband with Star.

4. Jubilee coinage - Wikipedia

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   No bronze coins (the penny and its fractions) were struck with the Jubilee design. In 1879 Boehm was selected to create a new depiction of Victoria that could be adapted for the coinage – even though the queen marked her 60th birthday that same year, some British coins still showed her as she appeared forty years previously.

5. History of the British penny (1901–1970) - Wikipedia

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   In 1895 the design on the reverse was modified by the Engraver of the Royal Mint George William de Saulles and after Queen Victoria's death in 1901, de Saulles was called upon to create a design for the obverse which would feature Edward VII. This feature appeared on the version of the penny which went into circulation in 1902, and it remained ...

6. Threepence (British coin) - Wikipedia

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   Victoria threepence 1899. During the reign of Queen Victoria, threepences were produced both for Maundy use and for normal circulation in all years between 1838 and 1901 except 1847, 1848, and 1852 (perhaps because of the proposal for a decimal currency at the time (see florin); the 3d at 1 ⁄ 80 pound would not have fitted within a decimal ...

7. Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) - Wikipedia

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   During Victoria's reign, the halfpenny was first issued with the so-called 'bun head', or 'draped bust' of Queen Victoria on the obverse. The inscription around the bust read VICTORIA D G BRITT REG F D. This was replaced in 1895 by the 'old head', or 'veiled bust'. The inscription on these coins read VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT REGINA FID DEF IND IMP.