What happended in 1890?
The British Monarch was Queen Victoria. The Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana). The Forth Bridge in Scotland opens, the longest in Britain. Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. State and Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. State. Oscar Wilde publishes The Picture of Dorian Gray. In the USA, The Sherman Antitrust Act becomes United States law. The Sequoia National Park and the Yosemite National Park created. Brooklyn printer Robert Gair invents the corrugated cardboard box.
Obv | Rev | Cat | Coin |
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![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1890 Gold Sovereign London |
| | Sovereigns | 1890 Gold Sovereign Melbourne |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1890 Gold Sovereign Sydney |
![]() | ![]() | Morgan Dollars | 1890 Morgan Dollar |
![]() | ![]() | Double Florins | 1890 Double Florin - Victoria |