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1899 Florin

$ 97.68

Availability: 60 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Coin: Florin, Two Shillings
  • Certification Number: 38194952
  • Grade: AU 55
  • Certification: PCGS
  • Year: 1899
  • Composition: Silver
  • Country/Region: England
  • Denomination: Two Shillings
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated

    Description

    VICTORIA 1899 ‘OLD HEAD’ FLORIN
    Listed in
    SPINK
    as
    S3939
    and
    OLD ESC 876
    -
    Rarity S.  Peter J. Davies listed this as Obv. 1 with a Rev. A
    SCBC as 2962
    (The English Silver Coinage since 1649: M. Bull)
    Listed as Obv/Rev. 4  – Includes VICTORIA
    DEI
    GRA
    BRITT
    REGINA
    FID
    DEF
    IND
    IMP
    Obverse depicts coroneted bust draped and veiled with T. B. below truncation - Sir Thomas Brock’s initials.
    The reverse shows three shields in the form of a trefoil within the Garter - bearing three lions passant guardant in pale for England, the lion rampant within a double tressure flori, couter-flori for Scotland and a 9 stringed harp with a nude female figure in semi-profile with elevated wings which is joined to a foliated scroll for Ireland designed by Sir Edward Poynter.  Within the Garter and between two sceptres a rose, shamrock and thistle are displayed.
    The crown above, and the date below are divided by the Garter buckle.
    PCGS Certificate No. 38194952 - Graded AU55