1908 AUSTRALIA UK KING EDWARD VII Saint George Gold Sovereign Coin PCGS i90690

Description

Item:
i90690
Authentic Coin of:
Colonial Australia under Edward VII - 22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910
1908 S
Gold Sovereign 22mm (
7.99 grams
) 0.917 Gold (0.2355 oz. AGW)
Reference: KM# 15, Fr# 33 | Engraver: George William de Saulles, Benedetto Pistrucci
Certification:
PCGS
MS 62 142231.62/185224321
EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: DeS., Edward facing right.
M S B.P. 1910, St George slaying the dragon.
You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.
Edward VII
(Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 - 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. During the long reign of his mother, he was largely excluded from political power, and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties, and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and the Indian subcontinent in 1875 were popular successes, but despite public approval his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother.
As king, Edward played a role in the modernization of the British Home Fleet and the reorganization of the British Army after the Second Boer War. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialized. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", but his relationship with his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II, was poor. The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. He died in 1910 in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords.
Australia
, officially the
Commonwealth of Australia
, is a country comprising the mainland of the
Australian continent
, the island of
Tasmania
, and numerous
smaller islands
. It is the world's
sixth-largest country by total area
. Neighbouring countries include
Indonesia
,
East Timor
and
Papua New Guinea
to the north; the
Solomon Islands
and
Vanuatu
to the north-east; and
New Zealand
to the south-east.
For at least 40,000 years before the first
British settlement
in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by
indigenous Australians
, who spoke languages grouped into roughly
250 language groups
. After the European discovery of the continent by
Dutch
explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by
Great Britain
in 1770 and initially settled through
penal transportation
to the colony of
New South Wales
from 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing
crown colonies
were established.
On 1 January 1901, the six colonies
federated
, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Since Federation, Australia has maintained a stable
liberal democratic
political system that functions as a
federal
parliamentary democracy
and
constitutional monarchy
comprising
six states and several territories
. The population of 23.6 million is highly
urbanised
and heavily concentrated in the
eastern states
and on the coast.
Australia is a
developed country
and one of the wealthiest in the world, with the
world's 12th-largest economy
. In 2012 Australia had the world's
fifth-highest per capita income
. Australia's military expenditure is the
world's 13th-largest
. With the
second-highest human development index globally
, Australia
ranks highly
in many international comparisons of national performance, such as quality of life, health, education,
economic freedom
, and the protection of
civil liberties
and political rights. Australia is a member of the
United Nations
,
G20
,
Commonwealth of Nations
,
ANZUS
,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD),
World Trade Organization
,
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
, and the
Pacific Islands Forum
.
Great Britain
, also known as
Britain
, is an island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km
2
(80,823 sq mi), it is the largest island in Europe and the ninth-largest in the world. In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people, making it the third-most populous island in the world, after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island is the largest in the British Isles archipelago, which also includes the island of Ireland to its west and over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands.
The island is dominated by an oceanic climate with quite narrow temperature differences between seasons. Politically, the island is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constituting most of its territory: most of England, Scotland, and Wales are on the island, with their respective capital cities, London, Edinburgh, and Cardiff. The term Great Britain often extends to include surrounding islands that form part of England, Scotland, and Wales.
A single Kingdom of Great Britain resulted from the Union of Scotland and England (which already comprised the present-day countries of England and Wales) in 1707. More than a hundred years before, in 1603, King James VI, King of Scots, had inherited the throne of England, but it was not until 1707 that the Parliaments of the two countries agreed to form a unified state. In 1801, Great Britain united with the neighboring Kingdom of Ireland, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which was renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the Irish Free State seceded in 1922.
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