Victoria 1887 pattern Florin, rarest die variety CGS 82
Victoria (1837-1901), silver Proof or pattern Florin, 1887, slightly smaller crowned and veiled Jubilee type bust left, I.E.B. on truncation for engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm, no hooked J but I, wider gap below bust to rim, 8 beads on each arch of crown, cross at top does not meet border, fuller garter star on breast, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITT: REG: FID: DEF: (Bull 2950 R7;cf.Davies 810-1; ESC -; S.3925). Attractively toned, some light hairline marks otherwise practically as struck, has been graded and slabbed by Coin Grading Service UK as UNC82, extremely rare, only the third this cataloguer has seen.
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Victoria (1837-1901), silver Proof or pattern Florin, 1887, slightly smaller crowned and veiled Jubilee type bust left, I.E.B. on truncation for engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm, no hooked J but I, wider gap below bust to rim, 8 beads on each arch of crown, cross at top does not meet border, fuller garter star on breast, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITT: REG: FID: DEF: (Bull 2950 R7;cf.Davies 810-1; ESC -; S.3925). Attractively toned, some light hairline marks otherwise practically as struck, has been graded and slabbed by Coin Grading Service UK as UNC82, extremely rare, only the third this cataloguer has seen.
