Item number: A2718

Year: AD 1876

Material: Copper

Size: 30.5 x 30.5 x 1.6 mm

Weight: 9.5 g

Manufactured by: Birmingham Mint

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2015

This is a 1 penny copper coin produced in AD 1876 by the Birmingham Mint under commission from the British government.

The obverse of the coin features a left-facing portrait of Queen Victoria, wearing a laurel wreath and her hair styled in a chignon. Surrounding the effigy is the Latin inscription “VICTORIA D:G: BRITT:REG:F:D: ,” which translates to “Victoria, by the Grace of God, Queen of Britain, Defender of the Faith.”

The reverse of the coin depicts Britannia, the personification of Britain, seated upon a rock. In her left-hand she holds a trident, while her right-hand rests upon a round shield adorned with the Union Jack. In the background, to the left, a lighthouse is visible, and to the right, a three-masted sailing ship. Encircling the image is the denomination “ONE PENNY,” with the year of issue “1876” inscribed at the bottom. Beneath the date appears the mint mark “H,” indicating production at the Birmingham Mint. In contrast, coins struck by the Royal Mint in London are distinguished by a blank space beneath the date, with no mint mark present.

物件編號: A2718

年代: 公元 1876 年

材質: 紅銅

尺寸: 30.5 x 30.5 x 1.6 mm

重量: 9.5 g

製造地: 伯明罕鑄幣廠

來源: 大城郵幣社 2015

這是一枚公元1876年，英國政府委由伯明罕鑄幣廠生產的1便士銅幣。

錢幣正面是面朝左側，頭戴桂冠花環和梳著包髻的維多利亞女王肖像。女王的周圍以拉丁文鐫刻「VICTORIA D:G: BRITT:REG:F:D:」意思是「維多利亞 蒙上帝恩典的英國女王 信仰的捍衛者」。

錢幣背面是英國的象徵「不列顛尼亞」，坐在岩石上的不列顛尼亞左手握著一把三叉戟，右手扶著以英國米字旗作為裝飾的圓盾。遠方的左側是一座燈塔，右側則是一艘三桅帆船。肖像周遭以環型英文標示面額「ONE PENNY」(1便士)，底部則是發行的公元年份「1876」和伯明罕鑄幣廠的戳記「H」。若是由倫敦的皇家鑄幣廠製造的版本，於發行年份的數字底下會維持留白。