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Victoria 1887 11-coin currency Set, Five Pounds to Threepence, contemporary case

Regular price £8,750
Regular price Sale price £8,750

Victoria (1837-1901), currency four gold and seven silver coin Set, 1887, Golden Jubilee year, in red presentation case of contemporary manufacture, gold Five-Pounds, Two-Pounds, Sovereign, Half-Sovereign in top row, silver in two rows below, silver Crown, Double-Florin arabic I in date, Halfcrown, Florin, Shilling, Sixpence withdrawn type, Threepence (S.3864, 3865, 3866, 3869, 3921, 3923, 3924, 3925, 3926, 3928, 3931). The case being contemporary a little warped on closure so catch does not shut, gold a little mixed in quality, five pounds with nicks, hairlines and surface marks, almost extremely fine, Two Pounds once cleaned with nicks and scuffs, extremely fine, Sovereign with a few nicks, toned extremely fine, Half-Sovereign toned extremely fine, the silver with matching colours though a little uneven in tone, generally extremely fine.

Such currency sets were issued as mementos of the 50thanniversary Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign in 1887. The new design of bust used for the first time in 1887 by Joseph Edgar Boehm did not prove popular in the long run and received much criticism at the time for the "toy" size crown upon the head of Queen Victoria. This eventually culminated in the "old head" design being introduced only six years later from 1893.

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