VICTORIA, 1895 SILVER CROWN LIX EDGE

VICTORIA, 1895 SILVER CROWN LIX EDGE

Code: 11063

£575.00
 

Queen Victoria Silver Crown, 1895 LIX Edge
Obverse: Old veiled head facing left, T.B. below for the engraver Thomas Brock, with Latin legend surrounding and toothed border around rim: VICTORIA. DEI. GRA. BRITT. REGINA. FID. DEF. IND. IMP. 
St George slaying the dragon, date in exergue, B.P. to upper right for designer Benedetto Pistrucci,
Edge inscribed in raised letters, *DECVS ET TUTAMEN* ANNO REGNI LIX.
S.3937
28.3 grams, 38 mm in diameter.
Lustrous with a deep tone, some minor bag marks, otherwise practically uncirculated, a scarcer year for the series.