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Auction 108  8 Nov 2022
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Lot 121

Starting price: 1500 GBP
Price realized: 2100 GBP
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Victoria (1837-1901), Five Pounds, 1887, Jubilee type crowned bust left, J.E.B. initials on truncation for engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm, legend surrounds VICTORIA DG BRITT REG FD. Rev, Saint George slaying the dragon right, date in exergue, small B.P. to upper right of exergue for Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled (S.3864; Schneider II, 653; F30). Lustrous fields with a bold depiction of the Queen, much of the original mint red bloom visible in the obverse periphery. Rev, mirrored fields and original red tone. The usual light contact marks that appear on almost all example s of this denomination. Good extremely fine for issue.
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