Watch List notes:

Victoria, pattern crown, 1887, in silver, by J.R. Thomas for Spink & Son, veiled and draped bust l. wearing the bejewelled 'small crown' (sometimes called the 'Jubilee Tiara'), legend in English in raised capital letters forming a perfect circle enclosing the portrait entirely within another circle of connected tiny roses, thistles and shamrock (the so-called Ornate Border), SPINK & SON on truncation, rev. FIVE SHILLINGS above a round central shield enclosed by the Latin legend of the Order of the Garter, supported by a crowned lion and a collared unicorn, date in Roman numerals below, the entire motif surrounded by another Ornate Border, plain edge (ESC.344 [R3]), in plastic holder, graded by NGC as Proof 64, virtually as struck, an exceptionally choice specimen exhibiting lovely greyish mauve toning, extremely rare, a classic of the late Victorian Era
£4500-5500
Only 32 pieces struck.