Coronation of Victoria Silver Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci, 1838, bust left, . rev Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia offer the crown to Victoria

BHM 1801; Eimer 1315)

Silver Coins

YOUNG HEAD

1838 Shilling First Young Head, w.w. on truncation

S. 3902 Bull 2973 ESC 1278 (scarce)

1838 Groat

S. 3913 Bull 3319 ESC 1930

Slabbed and graded LCGS 85 (choice UNC – BU)

1839 Shilling Second Young Head, no w.w.

S. 3904 Bull 2979 ESC 1283

Slabbed and graded LCGS 82 (choice UNC)

1839 Sixpence Type A1/1a first young head, early crown, no die number

S. 3908 Bull 3170 ESC 1684 (scarce)

Slabbed and graded LCGS 82 (Choice UNC)

1839 Three Halfpence (sold)

1839 Three Halfpence

For colonial use. These were particularly popular in Jamaica, where they were nicknamed the ‘Christian Quattie’ (quattie being one quarter of a sixpence). The smallest denomination silver coin, they were often the coin of choice for the church collection plate, it being seen as shameful to donate a copper coin.

S. 3915 Bull 3464 ESC 2235

slabbed and graded CGS 70 (aUNC)

1844 Crown Star Stops

S. 3882 Bull 2561 ESC 280

1844 Crown Cinquefoil Stops

S. 3882 Bull 2562 ESC 281

1844 Halfcrown, 4s with serifs

S. 3888 Bull 2720 ESC 677

1845 Crown Cinquefoil Stops

S. 3882 Bull 2564 ESC 282

1848 Twopence Broken C in VICTORIA

S. 3914E ESC 3458

Slabbed and graded CGS 70 (aUNC)

1849 ‘Godless’ Florin

S. 3890 ESC 802

Slabbed and graded CGS 78 (UNC)

These first coins would have come as rather a shock to the public, as for the first time in nearly 200 years a British coin featured a portrait of the monarch wearing a crown. Even more of a shock, including (allegedly) to Queen Victoria herself, was the omission of D G – Dei Gratia (“by the grace of God”) – from the coin’s inscription, which resulted in it being popularly known as the Godless florin

1852 Florin

S. 3891 Bull 2820 ESC 806 B1 – brit:, w w, stop after date

1861 Shilling Type A2var./1a second young head, no w.w.

S. 3904 Bull 3019 ESC 1309 (rare)

Slabbed and graded LCGS 78 (UNC)

1866 Shilling Type A2/1b second young head, die number above date. Die no. 31.

S. 3905 Bull 3027 ESC 1314

Slabbed and graded 75 LCGS (UNC or near so)

1866 Sixpence Type A2, die number above date. Die no. 31

S. 3909 Bull 3213 ESC 1715

1872 Shilling Type A3/1b third young head, die number above date. Die No. 66

S. 3906A Bull 3042 ESC 1324

Ex Baldwins Summer List 2016

1873 Florin Die No. 20

S. 3893 Bull 2879 ESC 841

Slabbed and graded LCGS 75 (aUNC)

Ex Mark Rasmussen List 33 (2019)

1875 Sixpence Type A2/1b Second young head, early crown, with die number. Die No. 75

S. 3910 Bull 3230 ESC 1729 (scarce)

1877 Sixpence Type A2/1a Second young head, early crown, no die number

S. 3911 Bull 3243 ESC 1732 (scarce)

1878 Shilling Type A4/1b Fourth young head, early crown, with die number. Die No. 49

S. 3907A Bull 3051 R3

1880 Half Crown (sold)

S. 3888 Bull 2756 ESC 705 (scarce)

1880 Sixpence Type A3/1a third young head, early crown, no die number

S. 3912 Bull 3248 ESC 1737C (rare)

1881 Sixpence Large Date, Type A3/1a third young head, early crown, no die number

S. 3912 Bull 3251 ESC 1740 (scarce)

Slabbed and graded CGS  75 (aUNC)

1883 Half Crown

S. 3888 Bull 2762 ESC 711

1883 Shilling Type A4/1c fourth young head, larger letters, long dumpy line

S. 3907 Bull 3072 ESC 1342

1883 Sixpence Type A3/1a third young head, early crown, no die number

S. 3912 Bull 3255 ESC 1744 (scarce)

1884 Florin

S. 3900 Bull 2907 ESC 860

Slabbed and graded LCGS 75 (UNC or near so)

1884 Sixpence

S. 3912 Bull 3257 ESC 1745 (scarce)

1885 Half Crown (sold)

S. 3888 Bull 2765 ESC 713

1885 Florin

Dies 9B – obverse has 33 small trefoils and longer arcs

S. 3900 Bull 2909 ESC 861

Slabbed and graded LCGS 75 (UNC or near so)

1885 Shilling Type A7, fourth young head

S. 3907 Bull 3076 ESC 1345

1885 Threepence

S. 3914D Bull 3431 ESC 2092

Slabbed and graded CGS 82 (Choice UNC)

1886 Sixpence

S. 3912 Bull 3260 ESC 1748

1887 Sixpence Young Head

S. 3912 ESC 1750