Enamelled coin
Brooch
ca.1821 (struck), ca. 1880, (manufactured)
ca.1821 (struck), ca. 1880, (manufactured)
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Enamelled swivel crown coin, 1821 within a formalised 'belt' frame. Obverse: Laureate portrait head of George IIII on a gilt background surrounded by a band of blue enamel with the legend 'BRITANNIAR. REX FID: GEORGIUS IIII D.G
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Reverse: with an engraved design of St George on a horse in classical style slaying a dragon on a cobalt blue background. Underneath the dragon is the date 1821.
The frame holding the coin is in the form of a belt with six indentations, representing belt holes; the back of the 'belt ' frame is plain and has a brooch pin fixture attached to it. The end of the 'belt' extends outside the circumfrence of the frame.
The obverse and the reverse of the coin is edged with punch marks.
Seaby number 3805
On the edge of the coin in relief 'DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI LX...SECUN (remainder worn off), 'An ornament and a safeguard'. Used on coin by the Mint from the seventeenth century onward to prevent large coin being clipped.
This inscription on the edge of all early large milled silver was suggested by Evelyn, he having seen it on the vignette in card.
Seaby number 3805
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Reverse: with an engraved design of St George on a horse in classical style slaying a dragon on a cobalt blue background. Underneath the dragon is the date 1821.
The frame holding the coin is in the form of a belt with six indentations, representing belt holes; the back of the 'belt ' frame is plain and has a brooch pin fixture attached to it. The end of the 'belt' extends outside the circumfrence of the frame.
The obverse and the reverse of the coin is edged with punch marks.
Seaby number 3805
On the edge of the coin in relief 'DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI LX...SECUN (remainder worn off), 'An ornament and a safeguard'. Used on coin by the Mint from the seventeenth century onward to prevent large coin being clipped.
This inscription on the edge of all early large milled silver was suggested by Evelyn, he having seen it on the vignette in card.
Seaby number 3805
Object details
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| Title | Enamelled coin (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver. Enamel. Engraved and hand painted. |
| Brief description | Brooch, enamelled coin, silver mounts, England, 1821 & ca. 1880. |
| Physical description | Enamelled swivel crown coin, 1821 within a formalised 'belt' frame. Obverse: Laureate portrait head of George IIII on a gilt background surrounded by a band of blue enamel with the legend 'BRITANNIAR. REX FID: GEORGIUS IIII D.G . Reverse: with an engraved design of St George on a horse in classical style slaying a dragon on a cobalt blue background. Underneath the dragon is the date 1821. The frame holding the coin is in the form of a belt with six indentations, representing belt holes; the back of the 'belt ' frame is plain and has a brooch pin fixture attached to it. The end of the 'belt' extends outside the circumfrence of the frame. The obverse and the reverse of the coin is edged with punch marks. Seaby number 3805 On the edge of the coin in relief 'DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI LX...SECUN (remainder worn off), 'An ornament and a safeguard'. Used on coin by the Mint from the seventeenth century onward to prevent large coin being clipped. This inscription on the edge of all early large milled silver was suggested by Evelyn, he having seen it on the vignette in card. Seaby number 3805 |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'BRITANNIAR. REX. FID: GEORGIUS IIII D-C'
'DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI LX SECUN [remainder illegible] (Inscription; decoration; Latin; The legend 'BRITANNIAR. REX FID: GEORGIUS 1111 D-C is located on the obverse side of the coin and surrounds the portrait head of George IV. It begins at the top of the proper right.hand side of the coin and ends at the upper section of the proper left. The inscription 'DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI LX ..SECUN' is located on the edge of the coin and begins at the proper left (near the 'belt buckle') and ends just below the 'belt buckle'.; 1821) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Professor Gordon Marshall Petersen |
| Object history | This coin formed part of a coin collection belonging to Professor Gordon Marshall Petersen, who died on 9 November 1996. Professor Petersen bequeathed his coin collection to the Victori and Albert Muesum. |
| Historical context | Enamelled coins became fashionable in the 1880's in England. Edwin Steel, a Birmingham jeweller formed a company in 1886 to sell as jewellery coins he had enamelled. However in 1920 the enamelling of coins in England was prohibited by the gold and silver act which made it an offence to melt down or use otherwise than currency any gold or silver coin.i |
| Production | Reason For Production: retail |
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| Accession number | M.70-1997 |
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| Record created | August 11, 1999 |
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