Bidspirit auction | UK 1891 Silver Crown Queen

UK 1891 Silver Crown Queen Victoria Jubilee Head - A UK sterling silver Crown coin dated 1891. The obverse features the Jubilee Head portrait of Queen Victoria facing left, wearing a crown and veil, designed by Joseph Edgar Boehm. The circumscribed legend reads VICTORIA D:G: BRITT: REG: F:D: (Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina Fidei Defensor). The reverse depicts the scene of St George on horseback slaying a dragon, a design by Benedetto Pistrucci, with the date 1891 in the exergue. Small engraver initials B.P. are present on the ground line under the horse's right rear hoof. The coin is struck in .925 silver with a greyish-silver tone and a milled edge.