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GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND IMP:

English translation: George the Fifth by the Grace of God: King and Emperor of India

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French term or phrase:	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND IMP:
English translation:	George the Fifth by the Grace of God: King and Emperor of India
Entered by:	Guy Bray

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08:52 Sep 22, 2001

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French term or phrase: GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND IMP:

i dont know

DENNIS

George the Fifth by the Grace of God: King and Emperor of India

Explanation:
It's Latin, not French. Used to be on the British coinage, and on royal proclamations etc.

Selected response from:

Guy Bray
Local time: 17:50

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Summary of answers provided

5 +3

George the Fifth by the Grace of God: King and Emperor of India

Guy Bray

5 +1

George V

Evert DELOOF-SYS

4 +1

George the Fith, of God's Grace, King and Emperor of India

Maya Jurt

George V, By the Grace of God, King and Emperor of India

Sean Lyle

George the Fifth, King and Emperor of India by the grace of God

xxxJon Zuber

(and defender of the faith)

Guy Bray

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

George the Fifth by the Grace of God: King and Emperor of India

Explanation:
It's Latin, not French. Used to be on the British coinage, and on royal proclamations etc.

Guy Bray
Local time: 17:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 815

Grading comment

Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

George the Fith, of God's Grace, King and Emperor of India

Explanation:
You must have an old Canadian gold or silver dollar in your hand and you should have said so, because that is the context which helps us to find the answer.

Anyway: This seems to be the inscription
HTH

Maya Jurt
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of:

German,

French
PRO pts in pair: 412

34 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

George V

Explanation:
by Grace of God: King and Emperor of India

Very good reference via www.google.com:

This is a modest collection of second millennium gold coins of Australia from the late-1800s into the 20th Century

1 Sovereign - 1911 - M

KM-028 - 7,99 g

The obverse features a bust of George V. GEORGIVS V D:G: BRITT:OMN:REX:F:D:IND IMP. (George V by Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India) surrounds the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1911 is at the bottom. The mintmark M (for the Melbourne mint) is above at the center of the mound.

1 Sovereign - 1912 - M

KM-028 - 7,99 g

The obverse features a bust of George V. GEORGIVS V D:G: BRITT:OMN:REX:F:D:IND IMP. (George V by Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India) surrounds the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1912 is at the bottom. The mintmark M (for the Melbourne mint) is above at the center of the mound.

1 Sovereign - 1912 - P

KM-028 - 7,99 g

The obverse features a bust of George V. GEORGIVS V D:G: BRITT:OMN:REX:F:D:IND IMP. (George V by Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India) surrounds the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1912 is at the bottom. The mintmark P (for the Perth mint) is above at the center of the mound.

1 Sovereign - 1913 - P

KM-028 - 7,99 g

The obverse features a bust of George V. GEORGIVS V D:G: BRITT:OMN:REX:F:D:IND IMP. (George V by Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India) surrounds the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1913 is at the bottom. The mintmark P (for the Perth mint) is above at the center of the mound.

1 Sovereign - 1913 - S

KM-028 - 7,99 g

The obverse features a bust of George V. GEORGIVS V D:G: BRITT:OMN:REX:F:D:IND IMP. (George V by Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India) surrounds the bust. The reverse has St. George slaying the dragon. The date 1913 is at the bottom. The mintmark S (for the Sydney mint) is above at the center of the mound.

HTH

Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

Flemish
PRO pts in pair: 287

1 hr confidence:

George V, By the Grace of God, King and Emperor of India

Explanation:
Guy's right. The Latin is:

Georgius V dei gratia rex et indiae imperator
(or is it Indiarum, for Indies?)

Used on coinage not only of the Dominion of Canada, but all the subject countries of the British Empire, now the Commonwealth.

This was one of the first practical examples they gave me of the usefulness of learning a dead language when I was 7 - they then took us on to learning Greek!

By the way the F D (or when I was a kid "Fid Def") Defender of the Faith bit, which isn't in your question but in one of the informative answers, Henry VIII earned from the Pope before deciding he had to get divorced.

If you can get a look at a current day British coin, you get ELIZABETH II D(ei)·G(ratia)·REG(ina)·F(idei)·D(efensor)· (then the date) - brackets are mine.

Ref. Odds and sods from a lifetime!

Sean Lyle
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 34

2 hrs confidence:

(and defender of the faith)

Explanation:
It usually used also to say "FID DEF" on British & Empirte poins ec. Sometimes just F D.

Guy Bray
Local time: 17:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 815

20 hrs confidence:

George the Fifth, King and Emperor of India by the grace of God

Explanation:
This order is more natural and places "God" in the emphatic position at the end.

xxxJon Zuber
PRO pts in pair: 24

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