Could someone help please, I know nothing about coins and I just wanted to find the coin I have somewhere on the net.... It's a 1966 coin on the tails side is a Trojan Warrior on a horse, the horse is stood up on his back feet looking down on another fallen Warrior Heads side Q. Elizabeth and on the inside edge it reads.. ELIZABETH-II-DEI-GRATIA-REGINA-FD:+ Any help would be appreciated thank you
Welcome to the forum Hero. I've never heard St. George described as a Trojan Warrior before, and I've certainly never heard of the fabled dragon being called "another fallen Warrior", but you have a coin with a design that has been used repeatedly on English coins, depicting St. George slaying the Dragon, . The legend means "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen and Defender of the Faith", and is one variation of the standard legend on coins of Great Britain and other members of the British Empire/Commonwealth (with, of course, the name of the current monarch as of the coin's date). Lack of any country name on such a coin means it is from Great Britain. Generally requests to identify coins should include mention of the size of the coin, and it's apparent metal, in addition to the date and a description of devices and legends. For example, in the '80s and '90s Great Britain's coins included half-sovereigns, sovereigns, 2 pound, and 5 pound coins, all with the St. George and the Dragon reverse. (British coins always have the sovereign's bust on the obverse.) However, with the 1966 date the only coin with a QEII obverse and a St.George reverse that I see in the newly published 2005 edition of the Krause catalog is a gold sovereign (KM#908) with a listed value of $90 in uncirculated condition. Since the bullion value of a .2354 oz. AGW coin is that much or more at current gold prices, it just goes to show you how quickly print catalogs can get out of date on values.
