Australian 1911 Half Sovereign, Sydney Mint
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Edgar Bertram MacKennal, designer obverse
Australia/Britain
1863 – 1931
Benedetto Pistrucci, designer reverse
Sydney Mint
Australian 1911 Half Sovereign, Sydney Mint
1911
gold
Australia/Britain
1863 – 1931
Benedetto Pistrucci, designer reverse
Sydney Mint
Australian 1911 Half Sovereign, Sydney Mint
1911
gold
- Place made
- Sydney
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- 1.9 cm (diam.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. A.A. Lendon, 1929
- Accession number
- NC00137
- Signature and date
- Obverse Description: Bare head of King George V facing left; around, GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND:IMP: below on the neck truncation in tiny letters the artist's initials B.M.. 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, 1911 and the artist's initials B.P. The mint mark S is in the ground above the middle of the date.
- Media category
- Coin
- Collection area
- Australian decorative arts and design