Summary
Australia Western Australia
Sovereign 1903 P
Mint: Perth
Physical Description
A circular gold coin (22 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a bare head of Edward VII facing right; below, the artist's initials DeS; around, EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT: OMN:REX F:D: IND:IMP: and on the reverse St. George on horseback holding short sword and wearing a helmet, cape and boots, the horse rearing over dragon whose side is pearced by a broken lance, the haft of the lance is on the ground behind the horse; the date, 1903 and artist's initials B.P. in exergue; the mint mark "P" in ground line above middle of date.
Obverse Description
Bare head of Edward VII facing right.; below, DeS; around, EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT: OMN:REX F:D: IND:IMP:
Reverse Description
St. George on horseback holding short sword and wearing a helmet, cape and boots, the horse rearing over dragon whose side is pearced by a broken lance, the haft of the lance is on the ground behind the horse; the date, 1903 and artist's initials B.P. in exergue; the mint mark "P" in ground line above middle of date.
Edge Description
milled
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Spink (Australia), Jul 1982
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Date Issued
1903 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
Perth (Mint), Perth, Greater Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1903
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Artist
George W. de Saulles - Royal Mint, London
Designed the obverse portrait of Edward VII employed on the gold coinages of the Australian mints from 1902 until 1910. -
Artist
Benedetto Pistrucci - Royal Mint, London, 1903
The reverse design of St. George and the Dragon was developed by Pistrucci for the new sovereign denomination in 1817 and was used in Australia from 1871 until 1931. -
Inscriptions
Obverse: EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT: OMN: REX F:D: IND:IMP: DES Reverse:1903 P B.P.
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Gold
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
21.5 mm (Outside Diameter), 7.984 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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