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Auction 109  9 Mar 2023
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Lot 268

Starting price: 3500 GBP
Price realized: 3500 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, subtle hints of original mint red bloom visible in the obverse fields. Rev, mirrored surfaces, the usual light contact marks and hairlines that appear on almost all examples of this denomination. Better than usually encountered, uncirculated.
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