Great Britain 1886 florin
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This specimen was lot 41753 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Florin, 1886. London Mint. Victoria. NGC AU Details--Cleaned." This type was struck 1848-87 in reasonable quantities in an attempt to decimalize the currency (one pound = ten florins). This subtype was issued 1877-87.
Recorded mintage: 592,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 11.31 g, 0.925 fine silver, 28.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-3900; KM-746.4.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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