Watch List notes:

Victoria (1837-1901), Crown, 1844 VIII, young head left, rev. crowned shield within wreath, eight strings to harp, edge lettered upwards, star stops after TUTAMEN and VIII, 28.28g, 6h (Spink 3882; ESC 2651 [280]), a small mark on neck, otherwise conceivably struck with the eight-string dies for the proof on a currency flan, handsomely brilliant, reflective surfaces accentuated by hues of purplish-blue in recesses, extremely fine and equally rare