Coin and Paper Money Collecting/victoria regina coin

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Expert: - 5/30/2009


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Hi i recently found a victoria regina coin, tiny in size aprox the same size as my nail on my little finger, it has a pic of a woman with her hair in a bun an a crown on the front of her head it is a pic of her from a side view around the pic is the words victoria regina, on the reverse there is a pic of a caped man riding a horse, whilst slaying the dragon, underneath the pic of the man says st george? there is no date on the coin an am interested to find out what era the coin was made and if it is any value.

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Hi Louise,
That would be St George.  It was a common design part of British coinage.
This is probably from the mid to late 1800's.  Victoria was in power from 1837 to 1901.  It could be a replica of a sovereign coin, but smaller.
That is really all I can tell you about your piece.

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Joe Hylas
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