Victoria 1887 proof Half-Sovereign, Golden Jubilee issue E and a race-torch behind

E and a race-torch behind

note lower case A in moneyer name

only the fourth we have handled of this mint and the first of this rarer reverse die variety

hair in formal curls

AD 223-224

Victoria 1887 proof Half-Sovereign, Golden Jubilee issue E and a race-torch behindVictoria (1837 1901), gold proof Half Sovereign, 1887, Golden Jubilee issue, crowned and veiled Jubilee style bust left, I. E. B. on truncation for designer Joseph Edgard Boehm, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned quartered shield of arms, date below, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, edge milled, weight 3. 93g (WR 362; Hill 478G; S. 3869). Some light handling marks and hairlines, hairline