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1871- 74 :Why to differnet sovereign - designs ?

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Hello,

as I understand the Queen in 1871 demanded a new design for the sovereign ( hence Marsh ), as a result of wich, the  St Geotge and the dragon- design  was put to live again. But why was not the Shield- type discontinued at once  but ran along with the new design for 4 more years in the UK, and even longer in Australia ?

Best regards, Mycoins

 

 

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Reportedly sovereigns were exported to South East Asia from Australia and the South East Asian consumer preferred the shield design to a dragon being slayed.

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On 1/6/2018 at 9:08 AM, Mr T said:

Reportedly sovereigns were exported to South East Asia from Australia and the South East Asian consumer preferred the shield design to a dragon being slayed.

Thanks you for your reply. I am sorry I did nor respond earlier, but I had been logged off for a while. A slayed dragen on the chinese marked would definetly not have worked well, I believe. Do you know of any document where this is reported ?

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One story is the Chinese saw St. George slaying the dragon as an insult to China. 

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On 10/3/2019 at 5:27 PM, Mycoins said:

Thanks you for your reply. I am sorry I did nor respond earlier, but I had been logged off for a while. A slayed dragen on the chinese marked would definetly not have worked well, I believe. Do you know of any document where this is reported ?

I don't remember exactly - might have been in the book The Gold Sovereign?

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