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FI19344

Victoria 1891 Sovereign, horse with short tail, London, VF35

Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign, 1891, 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 raised on truncation with right angled J, initials of engraver J Edgar Boehm, second abbreviated Latin legend, G: closer to crown, 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 L14 R5; Marsh 129; S.3866B).With a number of surface marks both sides, has been graded and slabbed by PCGS as VF35, extremely rare.

PCGS certification 519154.35/80850480.

Mintage 6,329.

A very hard coin to find. Only a tiny fraction of this year's production were produced using a short tail reverse die. The few examples found now are almost always lower grade and we note only a total of 13 pieces graded at both NGC and PCGS.

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