Logged in as: Login
Basket
No products
£ 0.00 Postage £ 0.00 Total
Basket Check out
View coins by...
New coins in stock
» All new coins in stock
Sign up for our Newsletter
Search Tags
silver Victoria 1/- high grade Shilling George V 6d Scarce Sixpence Young Head Halfcrown 2/6 Penny Rare Farthing bronze 1887 George III ¼d Edward VII copper variety 1d aUNC Crown Threepence 2/- 5/- 3d Florin
items: 10 20 50
Sort by -- Price: Lowest first Price: Highest first Date: ascending Date: descending Reference: Lowest first Reference: Highest first
Show 10 20 50 Coins per page
There are plenty of these about, so you can afford to wait till a nice one comes along. I think this is a particularly nice one.
When you unwrap this one from its Jiffy bag, you'll positively gasp, I suggest. Not just because of its lovely chocolate tone, but its crisp sharp edges. This one's a corker.
Nice strong strike and a beautiful texture to this coin. ESC doesn't distinguish between Obv 3 and Obv 4, but Davies does, and rates Obv 4 as slightly scarcer. Scarce date in ESC regardless.
There are 3 distinct varieties of 1887 Jubilee Head shilling. Most of them are Reverse C, have small lettering on the garter, and a Q with a loop. Have a look at the Q on yours
Officially, Obverse 1 is slightly scarcer, but I have to say that in my experience, this variety is a little more difficult.
Not always the easiest variety to spot, but the closeup I have provided displays it well. I have all sorts of fun collecting Victorian silver by Davies number. There's so much more to find than just doing straight date runs. Seven different types for 1887, for starters.
For the variety collector, 1889 is the year where doing your homework can really pay off. This coin is very interesting, numismatically - it's a mule of the earlier Rev C, introduced in 1887, and the later large head, introduced in this year, 1889. Peter Davies' 1982 publication didn't include this variety, but a list Mr Davies produced in 2013 did, and it has been given the reference D.986A
It's rather nice to think of Crowns actually being spent in day-to-day transactions. For me, that's what makes them so much more collectable than modern commemorative tat. Imagine what one of these must have felt like in your pocket.
Very attractive example of a difficult date. You might struggle to find one better.
A nice lustre and barely a trace of wear. There's no better time to get stuck into Victoria - coins this good are not going to get any cheaper!
GradeGEF
GradeGEF
