Great Britain 1890 crown
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This specimen was lot 56800 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Crown, 1890. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. From the Lucius S. Ruder Collection." This specimen is from a type was struck 1887-92 in some numbers but is rather expensive in nice condition. It is called the "Jubilee" crown as the bust of queen Victoria was introduced in 1887, the fiftieth anniversary of her reign. A crown was worth five shillings or sixty pence.
Recorded mintage: 998,000.
Specification: 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-3921; KM-765, Dav-107.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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