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JI34458

Victoria 1887 11-coin gold and silver Currency Set in modern box

Regular price £5,750
Regular price Sale price £5,750

Victoria (1837-1901), currency four gold and seven silver coin set, 1887, Golden Jubilee year, in red presentation case of later 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top row, silver in two rows below, silver Crown, Double-Florin arabic I in date, Halfcrown, Florin, Shilling, Sixpence withdrawn type, Threepence (S.3864, 3865, 3866, 3869, 3921, 3923, 3924, 3925, 3926, 3928, 3931).The case is of 1960s manufacture and the coins have toned whilst in the case, some blotchy red patches on the gold coins, small rim abrasion on the Five Pounds which is extremely fine, Two Pounds extremely fine, Sovereign very fine, Half-Sovereign good very fine, the silver all darkly toned, 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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