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You can keep a piece of the history of England in your collection by adding the valuable, historic Great Britain crown silver coin. This specific coin was minted from the year 1887 to 1900 and is also known as the 1893-LVI Queen Victoria British Silver "Widow Head" Crown. It features the face of a mature and veiled Queen Victoria on the front, wearing a pendant necklace. The head is surrounded with an inscription, in raised lettering around the edge of the coin that says, “VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT REGINA FID DEF IND IMP.” The edge lettering of the coin says, “DECVS ET TVTAMEN ANNO REGNI” The letters of the Old Head Crown includes the regnal year, starting with "ANNO REGNI LVI". Coin inscriptions, like tradesmen’s signs are more frequently designed using all capital letters. The other side of this coin from England features the popular rendition of St. George the mythical dragon slayer, and the date,1893, engraved at the bottom of the coin. This coin is 38.61 mm in diameter with 0.841 oz. of silver with a total weight of 28.2760g. The coin displays the last obverse design used by the Queen during her long rule. She ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. This coin was struck at the British Royal Mint with .8409 ounce of actual silver weight, which can make it an ideal gift for the silver coin collector. The British crown, the successor to the English crown and the Scottish dollar, came into being with the Union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1707. As with the English coin, its value was five shillings. Always a heavy silver coin weighing about one ounce, during the 19th and 20th centuries the crown declined from being a real means of exchange to being a coin rarely spent and minted for commemorative purposes only. In that format it has continued to be minted, even following decimalisation of the British currency in 1971. However, as the result of inflation the value of the coin was revised upwards in 1990 to five pounds. There were four different crown designs issued for Queen Victoria’s legend. The first design carried a youthful portrait with a bare head, the reverse design being a large shield bearing the Royal Arms, crowned and within a laurel wreath. This "Young Head" design was issued from 1839 to 1847, although the 1839 was issued as a proof only, and is very rare. The second Victorian crown type was the Gothic design, with a large bust of the Queen wearing a crown and an ornately embroidered dress. The reverse design is cruciform shields, with roses, thistles and shamrocks in the angles. The inscriptions on both sides are in Gothic script, and are unusual in that they are written in lower case, except of course for the capitalized initial letter V of Victoria. The Gothic design was only issued in two years, 1847 and 1853. The latter was issued only as a proof and is very rare. As with all the silver and gold coinage, the crown was changed in 1887, to the new design for Victoria’s golden jubilee, and this design continued until 1892. This final design change for Victoria, the “Old” or “Widow” head designed in 1893, was continued until the final year of her reign in 1901.

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Fineness
0.925
Composition
Silver
Year
1893

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Ruler Name
Victoria
Reverse Description
ST. George Slaying Dragon Right
Geo
Great Britain
Obverse Legend
Victoria • Dei • Gra • Britt • Regina • FID • Def • Ind • IMP
Diameter
38.61
Blockers
[Image_Blocked]
EDGE Lettering
Decvs Et Tvtamen Anno Regni
Catalog Number
Km# 783
Sub Geo
Not Available
Type
Pre-Decimal Coinage
Country/Region of Manufacture
Great Britain
Obverse Description
Mature Draped Bust Left

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Great Britain Crown, 1893

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