Great Britain 1889 double florin

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Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71082
the reverse is usually shown with the date at the top

This specimen was lot 71082 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Double Florin (4 Shillings), 1889. Victoria. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, Unc Details. Inverted "1" in second "I" of "VICTORIA", and Arabic 1 in date. A well struck coin with frosty luster, on patch of dark plum toning on the periphery, and a few light hairlines in the obverse fields." The SCWC lists this type for 1887-90. It and the florin were struck in an experiment to decimalize the pound (10 florins = one pound). The florin was accepted but the double florin was a flop. A variety exists with an inverted "1" in "VICTORIA".

Recorded mintage: 1,185,000.

Specification: 22.62 g, 0.925 fine silver, .6727 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: S-3923; KM-763.

Source:

  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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