Item number: A1423

Year: AD 1928

Material: Silver

Size: 21.3 x 20.9 x 0.9 mm

Weight: 2.7 g

Provenance: Private Collector, UK, 2017

This is a silver ring crafted from a 3 pence coin issued in AD 1928 during the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom.

The obverse of the coin features a left-facing portrait of King George V, surrounded by the Latin inscription “GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT:OMN:REX F.D.IND:IMP:” (George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India). The reverse side is decorated with an oak wreath, with the denomination “3” crowned at the centre, and the issuing year “1928” flanking both sides of the denomination.

King George V reigned from AD 1910 to AD 1936 and led the United Kingdom through World War I. During his reign, he also changed the royal family’s German-influenced House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the more British-sounding House of Windsor.

On January 20, AD 1936, following the death of King George V, Edward VIII ascended to the British throne. However, the new king, wishing to marry the divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson, voluntarily abdicated on December 11 of the same year, passing the throne to his brother, George VI. This act became widely known as “the king who gave up the throne for love.”

物件編號: A1423

年代: 公元 1928 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 21.3 x 20.9 x 0.9 mm

重量: 2.7 g

來源: 英國私人收藏 2017

這是一枚公元1928年，以時任英國國王喬治五世發行的3便士打造的銀戒指。

硬幣正面是喬治五世的左側肖像，周圍環繞拉丁銘文「GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT:OMN:REX F.D.IND:IMP:」(喬治五世 蒙上帝之恩 大不列顛及全英之國王 信仰的捍衛者 印度皇帝)。硬幣背面的周圍以橡樹葉花環裝飾，中央是頂著王冠的面額「3」，面額兩側是發行年份「1928」。

喬治五世於公元1910至1936年擔任國王和帶領英國經歷第一次世界大戰，並且將王室帶有德國風格的薩克森-科堡-哥達改為英國風格的溫莎頭銜。

公元1936年1月20日，喬治五世駕崩後，愛德華八世登基為英國國王。然而新國王為了跟離異過的美國社交名媛華麗絲·辛普森結為連理，於同年12月11日正式宣告主動退位，將王位讓與弟弟喬治六世，該舉止被世間譽為「不愛江山愛美人」。