Anybody Appreciate Victorian Silver? Here Are a Couple of Rarities

Which do you like, the small or big?? Anything special?



And here is another pleasantry:



Don't see a lot of British these days, but I still love them.

 

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I sure do! That 1862 is stunning. Is it a half-crown? Proof?

Here are some of my Victorian silvers:

UNITED KINGDOM
Time of Victoria, 1837-1901
AR Shilling (23.5mm, 5.66g, 6h)
Dated 1875. Royal mint, London, UK
Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR:REG:F: D:, “Young Head” portrait of Queen Victoria left
Reverse: ONE SHILLING in two lines within wreath; crown above, date below
References: Numista 7248
Mintage: 4,353,900
A choice specimen, with brilliant proof-like surfaces and lovely peripheral rainbow toning. From the Alexander Christopher Collection.


BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1600-1874
AR Rupee (30.5mm, 11.66g, 1h)
Dated 1840. Bombay or Calcutta mint
Obverse: VICTORIA QUEEN, bust of young Queen Victoria left, wearing fillet; W.W. along neck truncation
Reverse: EAST INDIA COMPANY around wreath containing ONE RUPEE in two lines, Arabic translation below; 1840 along bottom
References: Numista 24095
Mintage: 398,554,000
In PCGS encapsulation, graded MS 62


BRITISH INDIA
Time of Victoria (1837-1901)
AR Rupee (30.5mm, 11.66g, 12h)
Dated 1862. Calcutta mint
Obverse: VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust of Queen Victoria left
Reverse: ONE RUPEE INDIA 1862 in four lines within ornate wreath of roses, thistles, and lotus flowers
References: Numista 3345
Mintage: Unknown


BRITISH INDIA
Time of Victoria, 1837-1901
AR ½ Rupee (24.4mm, 5.84g, 12h)
Dated 1862. Calcutta mint, India
Obverse: VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust of Queen Victoria left
Reverse: HALF RUPEE INDIA 1862 in four lines within ornate wreath of roses, thistles, and lotus flowers
References: Numista 17813 (type B/II)
Mintage: 7,122,000
From the Holland Wallace Collection (1940-2018). Ex Neil Shafer. Nearly mint state, deeply toned with hints of iridescence.​

 

All beautiful coins, here is a later shilling to compliment @7Jags sixpence.

Great Britain Shilling EF KM#780.
And a Jubilee Head. The Specimen set from this year is readily available and a reasonable price.


1887. Victoria. NGC MS-62. S-3926; KM-761. Jubilee Head type.

 

Yes, here's my cheap Jubilee Head crown and my favorite gold half sovereign! Great looking Rupees up there!

 

As GB coinage is my main focus I have hundreds of pieces of Silver from that reign. Most are relatively common and in my collection are in typical circulated condition.
The scarcest and most sought after I have is the Gothic Crown, which I have posted many times before but here it is again. I have added a few other decent examples - Half Crown, Shilling and Fourpence.

 

Here's my Jubilee year Double Florin (4 Shillings)

 

Yes, that halfcrown is a proof ex-Spink from about 25 years ago - probably more rare than catalogues suggest.
The 1893 Jubilee sixpence is certainly one of the very rarest of Victorian currency silver coins and looks better in-hand - it was graded MS64 by PCGS with very prooflike surfaces & those are die polish lines.

 

1837 Royal Academy of Arts, Patron's medal, 55mm.