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20 Cents - Victoria Specimen Pattern
| Issuer | Newfoundland (Canadian provinces) |
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| Year | 1865 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Queen Victoria facing left, her hair elegantly bound with a laurel wreath and arranged in ringlets at the nape, rendered in high relief in the style of Leonard Charles Wyon. The legend VICTORIA D : G : REG: is distributed along the upper periphery, interrupted by the portrait, while NEWFOUNDLAND curves along the lower periphery. The field is polished and deeply mirrored, consistent with specimen or proof striking. A fine dentilated border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the denomination 20 CENTS and the date 1865 displayed in three bold lines within the central field, enclosed by an ornate wreath of stylized leaves and berries tied at the base, surrounded by a beaded inner circle. A further wreath of interlacing branches frames the composition near the periphery, the whole contained within a dentilated border. The design is deeply struck on a highly polished field, characteristic of a specimen or proof pattern striking. The composition is symmetrical and restrained, with no mint mark present. |
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| Mintage | 1865 - Plain Edge |
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