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VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, first young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation, with closed 2 / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; thistle, rose and shamrock below. Fr 387e; KM 736.1; Marsh 25; SCBC 3852. 36.80 grams total, 82 mm including case.

PCGS AU58, certification number 50931653. PCGS population in this grade: 7. PCGS population in higher grade: 27.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Mintage: 4,865,375. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation, with 8 struck over 7 / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned embellished shield-of-arms. Fr 389b; KM 735.1; Marsh 422A; SCBC 3859. 31.75 grams total, 82 mm including case.

PCGS XF45, certification number 37318659. PCGS population in this grade: 2. PCGS population in higher grade: 4.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 3.99 g. (AGW=0.1176 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

Containing coins of 5 Shillings, 2 1/2 Shillings, 2 Shillings, Shilling, 6 Pence, 3 Pence, Penny, Half Penny, and Quarter Penny. 280gr inc. box, 16 x 11.5cm.

Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set.

From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, second young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; WW incuse on truncation; date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; thistle, rose and shamrock below. Fr 387e; KM 736.1; Marsh 38; SCBC 3852D. 36.89 grams total, 82 mm including case.

PCGS AU58, certification number 50920606. PCGS population in this grade: 20. PCGS population in higher grade: 36.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Mintage: 8,448,482. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, second young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; die number and national emblems below. Fr 387i; KM 736.2; Marsh 49; SCBC 3853. 36.83 grams total, 82 mm including case.

PCGS MS61, certification number 50931635. PCGS population in this grade: 8. PCGS population in higher grade: 36.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Mintage: 8,656,353. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, second young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; national emblems below. KM 736.2; Marsh 55; SCBC 3853B. 36.81 grams total, 82 mm including case.

PCGS MS61, certification number 50931715. PCGS population in this grade: 24. PCGS population in higher grade: 263.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Mintage: 8,767,250. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:, young head left, WW buried in truncation; mintmark M below / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with long tail; date and small B.P. in exergue. SCBC 3857; Marsh 100; McD 155. 35.72 grams total, 82 mm including case.

PCGS AU58, certification number 37390918. PCGS population in this grade: 23. PCGS population in higher grade: 63.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Mintage: 2,171,457. Diameter: 22.05 mm. Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRIT: REGINA F: D:, crowned and veiled Jubilee bust to left; no JEB on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned and embellished shield-of-arms; date in exergue. Marsh 478B; SCBC 3869C. 33.78 grams total, 82 mm including case

PCGS MS61-S3869C / 49916579, Without JEB.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

The issues the mint encountered with the Jubilee coins are well documented and were exacerbated by the pressure for the coins to be ready for the Queen's Golden Jubilee on 20 June 1887. Records show that 1,771,425 half-sovereigns were struck in 1887, but only 871,770, less than 50% of the total, were fit for circulation. The Jubilee head series—in all denominations—provides collectors with a unique insight into the workings of the Mint. Due to time restraints the Jubilee head designer Joseph Edgar Boehm’s initials JEB were individually punched onto six master dies for each mint (London, Sydney and Melbourne) by Royal Mint employee William Poplett, creating no less than 23 varieties of 1887 Jubilee Head half sovereigns. It is unknown at which point in the process Jubilee coins without the JEB were struck. They were possibly the first coins struck before William Poplett punched in the JEB on six master dies. In any case, the 1887 half sovereign without JEB is extremely rare. In their publication 'The Jubilee Head Gold Half Sovereign 1887-1893' (Sovereign Rarities, 2019), David Iverson and Steve Hill estimate that no more than three dies were used with no JEB, indicating a production estimate of around 10,000 coins.

Containing coins from 1987 with the Double Florin from 1889. 312gr inc. box, 18.5 x 7.7cm.

Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set.

From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:, Jubilee bust left, J.E.B. with angled J on base of truncation; second legend position / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with short tail; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. SCBC 3867B; Marsh 132B; DISH M10; McD 177b. 47.26 grams total, 86 mm including case.

NGC MS 62, certification number 2148848-005. NGC Census in this grade: 24. NGC Census in higher grade: 6.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Mintage: 2,802,306. Diameter: 22.05 mm. Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

VICTORIA · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·, old, veiled bust left, T.B. below / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. SCBC 3875; Marsh 162; McD 190. 48.06 grams total, 86 mm including case.

NGC MS 62, certification number 2141304-046. NGC Census in this grade: 11. NGC Census in higher grade: 1.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Diameter: 22.05 mm. Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND· IMP, older crowned and veiled bust to left / St George on horseback slaying the dragon; date in exergue. Fr 397; KM 784; Marsh 489; SCBC 3878. 300 grams total, 16.2 x 11.5 x 2 cm including case.

Near Very Fine. Boxed.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.