'Queen Victoria' Commemorative Strike

It was on June 28, 1838 that Queen Victoria, aged just 19, was crowned at Westminster Abbey. Little would the young queen have known that on that day she was embarking on the longest reign of anymonarch in our history. Her sovereignty lasting 64 years saw the British Empire double in size, covering more than one fifth of the world and one third of the world's population. Queen Victoria is regarded as one of the most powerful women in British history, the legacy of her reign, the Victorian era, bore witness to profound economic, social and political change.