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KI38617

Victoria 1891 Sovereign, Jubilee head, short tail, NGC AU58

Regular price £1,350
Regular price Sale price £1,350

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, weight 8.00g (DISH L14 R5; Hill 129 R4; Bull EGC 1330 R5; S.3866B).Toned almost extremely fine, slabbed and graded by NGC AU58, extremely rare, especially this well preserved.

NGC Certification 8537544-002

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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