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HI31760

Victoria 1887 Sovereign, hooked J initials, DISH L3=R5, PCGS MS61

Regular price £1,875
Regular price Sale price £1,875

Victoria (1837-1901),gold Sovereign, 1887, London, Tower Hill Mint, Golden Jubilee style bust facing left, small crown and veil on head, pearl earring and 13 pearl necklace, J.E.B. initials wider apart raised on truncation with hooked J and higher stops, initials of engraver J Edgar Boehm, first abbreviated Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA D:G: BRITT: REG: F:D:,rev.struck en medaille, St George and dragon right, horse with short tail, broken lance to left on ground-line, tiny WWP under lance, initials of William Wellesley Pole, Master of Mint when design introduced, date in exergue, initials B.P to upper right, for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled (DISH L3 R5; Hill 125B R5; Bull EGC 1321 R5; S.3866D).Some surface marks and hairlines both sides, has been graded and slabbed by PCGS as MS61 and amongst the finest examples of the small handful known of this variety.

PCGS certification 627609.61/45318146. This coin has been encapsulated upside down in its slab an labelled as small wide JEB. Recently reduced in price from £2,250.

Calendar year mintage c.7,881

The Latin legends translates on obverse as "Victoria by the Grace of God, Queen of the Britain's, Defender of the Faith."

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