F in front of drapery presumably for Thomas Falconer
high-crested helmet
struck to commemorate 50 years since the Coronation of her Majesty the Queen
Toned and struck from an older reverse die as it demonstrates raised spots from die rust
PGJS1-2002)
Victoria 1887 proof Half-Sovereign, Golden Jubilee issue F in front of draperyVictoria (1837 1901), gold proof Half Sovereign, 1887, Jubilee type, crowned bust left, I. E. B. on truncation for designer Joseph Edgard Boehm, legend surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned quartered shield of arms, date below, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, edge milled, weight 4. 03g (WR 362; Hill 478G; Bull EGC 1360; S. 3869). Obverse handling marks, nicks and scratches evident, otherwise well struck with mirrored