1887 PROOF VICTORIA DOUBLE FLORIN – JUBILEE HEAD
£950.00
Scarce 1887 Proof Double Florin from Queen Victoria’s Jubilee coinage. Superior proof strike with mirrored fields and sharp detail — a key type coin for advanced British silver collections.
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The 1887 Proof Victoria Double Florin is one of the most desirable silver proofs of the Jubilee coinage, struck in limited numbers to showcase the new portrait and design introduced for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee.
The obverse features Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm’s Jubilee Head, a bold and modernised portrait that marked a major stylistic shift in late‑Victorian coinage. The reverse displays the elegant cruciform arrangement of crowned shields, with sceptres in the angles — a refined and unmistakably Victorian design that appears only on the Double Florin denomination.
Proof examples were struck with exceptional care at the Royal Mint, exhibiting deep mirrored fields, frosted devices, and razor‑sharp detail. These qualities make the proof striking dramatically superior to the currency issue and highly sought after by collectors of British silver proofs.
The Double Florin itself is a short‑lived denomination (1887–1890), adding further appeal to the proof version of its inaugural year.
- Denomination: Double Florin (4 Shillings)
- Date: 1887
- Monarch: Queen Victoria – Jubilee Head
- Mint: Royal Mint, London
- Metal: Sterling Silver (.925 fine)
- Weight: ≈22.6 g
- Diameter: ≈36 mm
- Mintage: Proof issue – low, specially struck for collectors
- Catalogue references: Spink S.3923, ESC 395, Davies 1680, KM 764
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