Not really intended to secure Charon’s passage across the Styx, despite how long this restoration has been, but an 1892 Jubilee half-crown is inset under the mast. The English Laws Act 1858 incorporated the UK’s Imperial Coinage Act 1816, making British coinage legal tender in New Zealand.Within the Garter with the motto of the Order, HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, and the Collar of the Order, crowned shield quartered with arms of England (1 and 4); Scotland (2) and Ireland (3); around BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:; below, 1892 divided by the figure of St George and dragon on the base of the Collar.Bust of Queen Victoria facing left wearing the small imperial crown, long veil falling behind her head, pearl necklace and earring, Ribbon and Star of the Garter and the badge of the Imperial Order of India; in small raised letters on the bust truncation, the artist’s initials J.E.B. (for Joseph Edgar Boehm); around, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA.Leathered gaff saddle.Tom Bertenshaw’s dimensions for additional ballast moulds, if Bruce Askew’s weight calculation, rather than his ballast design, turns out to be determinative.Otherwise, just waiting on the rigger and rigging.
The restoration of Rogue (1892) 