1 Penny - Victoria Cape of Good Hope; Thick Flan

Features

Issuer	Cape of Good Hope (South Africa (pre-Union))
Queen	Victoria (1837-1901)
Type	Patterns
Year	1889
Currency	Pound
Composition	Bronze
Weight	12.04 g
Diameter	30.38 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	1961
Number	N# 423441
References	X# 9 Krause Publications (publisher). Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States (5 volumes). , Hern# C9 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9^th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Obverse

Young uncrowned head of Queen Victoria facing left, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR REG: F: D:

Unabridged legend: Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina Fidei Defensatrix

Translation: Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith

Reverse

Shield of Arms of the Cape of Good Hope supported by horse and antelope with banner under, legend above, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
SPES BONA
1889

Translation: Good Hope

Edge

Plain

Comments

With a modified head of Queen Victoria in comparison to other version of this coin, this piece is listed with Obverse 1 and the piece identified as Hern#C2 is listed with Obverse 2. Both pieces are listed as the same reverse die, Reverse 2.

Struck by Messrs. Otto Nolte and Co., Berlin, these pieces can most easily be described as salesman samples, tendered to solicit business. It is doubtful whether they were actually struck in the year dated on the coin.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1889												Pattern

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