Victoria 1887 proof Halfcrown unrecorded die variety
Victoria (1837-1901), silver Proof Halfcrown, 1887, crowned and veiled Jubilee type bust left, rare Davies variety with open lace at front of veil, angled J type J.E.B. on truncation for engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, within Order of the Garter, French garter motto HONI. SOIT. QUI MAL. Y. PENSE.. date either side of St George and dragon at bottom, the one of date in line with a border tooth, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: (Bull 2772; Davies 640 dies 1+A; ESC 720; S.3924). Slightly uneven tone, otherwise practically as struck, has been graded and slabbed by Coin Grading Service UK as a 78 and their database variety 07, Davies only records the open lace veil for the currency coin and does not record the reverse 1 to tooth variety at all, extremely rare.
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Victoria (1837-1901), silver Proof Halfcrown, 1887, crowned and veiled Jubilee type bust left, rare Davies variety with open lace at front of veil, angled J type J.E.B. on truncation for engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, within Order of the Garter, French garter motto HONI. SOIT. QUI MAL. Y. PENSE.. date either side of St George and dragon at bottom, the one of date in line with a border tooth, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: (Bull 2772; Davies 640 dies 1+A; ESC 720; S.3924). Slightly uneven tone, otherwise practically as struck, has been graded and slabbed by Coin Grading Service UK as a 78 and their database variety 07, Davies only records the open lace veil for the currency coin and does not record the reverse 1 to tooth variety at all, extremely rare.
