What happended in 1880?
UK: Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative), but on 23 April it is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). Great fogs continue to engulf London. Greenwich Mean Time adopted as the legal standard. First Boer War starts.
USA: President is Rutherford B. Hayes (R-Ohio). It the United States Census year and the population is counted as 50,155,783. Wabash, Indiana becomes the first city lit by electric lighting in the world. The University of Southern California (USC) opens and has 53 students, it is the oldest private research University in California.
USA: President is Rutherford B. Hayes (R-Ohio). It the United States Census year and the population is counted as 50,155,783. Wabash, Indiana becomes the first city lit by electric lighting in the world. The University of Southern California (USC) opens and has 53 students, it is the oldest private research University in California.
Obv | Rev | Cat | Coin |
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![]() | ![]() | Farthings | 1880 Farthing - Victoria |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1880 Gold Sovereign London |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1880 Gold Sovereign Sydney - Shield |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1880 Gold Sovereign Sydney - St George |
![]() | ![]() | Florins | 1880 Gothic Florin mdccclxxx - Victoria |
![]() | ![]() | Morgan Dollars | 1880 Morgan Dollar (1880-P) |
![]() | ![]() | Morgan Dollars | 1880-CC Morgan Dollar |
![]() | ![]() | Morgan Dollars | 1880-S Morgan Dollar |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1880 Gold Sovereign Melbourne - St George |