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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 130680, member: 283&quot;]The photo you show is of a shilling. The coin you mention is a florin. Neither coin has the wording you mention.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Halfcrown however has a reverse legend BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID. DEF., which roughly translated from Latin means `Queen of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Methinks you have been looking at a silver halfcrown. There are two types for 1887. One with the same bust as in the photo you showed, the other was the last year of an earlier type showing Queen Victoria with a young bust. The young bust type is the more valuable of the two. It is impossible to say what the coin is worth without an understanding of its condition. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example in `straight from the mint&#039; condition the cxoin could be worth&nbsp; £30 +. In `worn out washer condition&#039; it is worth its weight in silver and no more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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