Description: 1 Crown - Elizabeth II 1st portrait © MonéphilFeaturesCountryBermuda TypeStandard circulation coinYear1964Value1 Crown = 5 Shillings (0.25 LSD)MetalSilver (.500)Weight22.62 gDiameter36 mmShapeRoundOrientationMedal alignment ↑↑DemonetizedyesReferencesKM# 14ObverseCrowned head rightLettering: ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRATIA·REGINAEngraver: Cecil Thomas ReverseLion holding the coat of arms of the Bermuda with a ship wreck, divides date.Lettering: ONE BERMUDA CROWN 19 64 GC QUO FATA FERUNTTranslation: Where fate saidEngraver: George Kruger-GrayEdgeReededCommentsThe Sea Venture, a resupply vessel bound for Virginia, is shown crashing into an outcropping of rock in this detail from a map of Bermuda printed in Amsterdam in 1640 by the cartographer William Janzon Blaeu. Diverted by a hurricane in July 1609, the ship and its passengers lived on the Bermuda Islands for ten months before finally making it to Jamestown. An English colony was later established in Bermuda. [...] the coat of arms for the Bermuda Company (a version of which was adopted as the country's official coat of arms in 1910). A red lion holds the scene of the wreck in his paws beneath the Latin inscription Quo fata Ferunt, or "whither the Fates carry [us]." That phrase, taken from Virgil's Aeneid, would become the official motto for Bermuda. http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player?mets_filename=evm00002900mets.xml Dollar Banknote: Front: Queen Elizabeth II The back bears a picture of Bermuda's maritime background. Bermudian dollar banknotes are printed by De la Rue
Price: 50 USD
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
End Time: 2024-08-22T02:00:49.000Z
Shipping Cost: 8.05 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Certification: Uncertified
Grade: Ungraded
Year: 1964 and 1976
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Composition: Silver and Paper
KM Number: 14
