Item NU 3163 Coin - Half Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1908

Summary

Australia New South Wales
Half Sovereign 1908 S
Mint: Sydney

Physical Description

A gold coin (19 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a bare head of King Edward VII facing right; around, EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT: OMN: REX F:D: IND:IMP: below the head in tiny letters the artist's initials DES. The reverse features 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, 1908 and the artist's initials B.P.. The mint mark S is in the ground above the middle of the date.

Obverse Description

Head of King Edward VII facing right; around, EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT: OMN: REX F:D: IND:IMP: below the head in tiny letters the artist's initials DES.

Reverse Description

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, 1908 and the artist's initials B.P.. The mint mark S is in the ground above the middle of the date.

Edge Description

milled