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GREAT BRITAIN
1893 FIVE POUNDS
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901 |
| Item Description: |
5SOV 1893 G.britain |
| Full Grade: |
NGC PF 67 ULTRA CAMEO |
| Owner: |
NGC EXHIBIT |
Owner Comments:
The British Empire’s Queen Victoria reigned for so long that her coinage required several portraits depicting her at different stages in her life. Debuting in 1893 was G. W. de Saulle’s delightful bust of the elderly queen known to numismatists as the “Veiled Head.” In honor of the new design, the seldom coined gold five-pound piece, also known as five sovereigns, was produced. The reverse features Benedetto Pistrucci’s familiar depiction of St. George slaying the dragon. Of the proof edition, just 773 examples were coined. This superb specimen is the finest by several grades of only 19 pieces certified by NGC as Ultra Cameo.