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BI01128
Victoria 1887 Five Pounds
Victoria (1837-1901), gold Five Pounds, 1887, Jubilee type crowned and veiled head left, raised J.E.B. on truncation for engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA D:G: BRITT: REG: F: D: rev. St George on horseback and dragon right, date in exergue, B.P. to upper right for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled, weight 39.96g (S.3864). A few light surface marks in fields both sides, short hairline on cheek to neck, a few tiny nicks on rim otherwise extremely fine with original mint brilliance.
Struck to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The Latin legend translates as "Victoria by the grace of God, Queen of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith."