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Victoria 1837-1901 AD
There were four different crown designs issued for Queen Victoria.
Young Head 1839-47
The first design carried a portrait of the young Victoria with a bare head, the reverse design is a large shield bearing the Royal Arms, crowned and within a laurel wreath.
5s 1839 proof only (very rare)
5s 1844
5s 1845
5s 1847
Gothic Design 1847 and 1853
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. The inscriptions on both sides are in Gothic script, and are unusual in being in lower case, except for the capital letter V of Victoria.
5s 1847gl
5s 1847gp
5s 1853gl proof only, very rare
5s 1853gp proof only, very rare
gl: Gothic, edge letters
gp: Gothic, plain edge
Jubilee Design 1887-1892
As with all the silver and gold coinage, the crown was changed in 1887 to the new design for the Golden Jubilee, and features Victoria's Jubilee portrait, more mature, facing left, wearing a small coronet and this design continued until 1892. The reverse features Benedetto Pistrucci's magnificent design of St, George on horseback slaying the dragon, first used on gold sovereigns of George III in 1817.
5s 1887
5s 1888
5s 1889
5s 1890
5s 1891
5s 1892
Old or Widowed or Veiled Head 1893-1900
The final design change for Victoria was to the "Old" or "Widowed" or "Veiled" head design in 1893, and this continued until the final year of her reign in 1901. The design features the older veiled portrait of Queen Victoria, crowned facing left. The reverse again features Pistrucci's George and Dragon. The edges of the Old Head crowns are stamped with the regnal year, starting with LVI in the first part of 1893. There are two regnal dates per calendar year, as the queen's accession to the throne was in June 1837.
5s 1893 LVI
5s 1893 LVII
5s 1893 LVI proof
5s 1894 LVII
5s 1894 LVIII
5s 1895 LVIII
5s 1896 LIX
5s 1896 LX
5s 1897 LX
5s 1897 LXI
5s 1898 LXI
5s 1898 LXII
5s 1899 LXII
5s 1899 LXIII
5s 1900 LXIII
5s 1900 LXIV
The letters after the date are the edge regnal year.
There were four different crown designs issued for Queen Victoria.
Young Head 1839-47
The first design carried a portrait of the young Victoria with a bare head, the reverse design is a large shield bearing the Royal Arms, crowned and within a laurel wreath.
5s 1839 proof only (very rare)
5s 1844
5s 1845
5s 1847
Gothic Design 1847 and 1853
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. The inscriptions on both sides are in Gothic script, and are unusual in being in lower case, except for the capital letter V of Victoria.
5s 1847gl
5s 1847gp
5s 1853gl proof only, very rare
5s 1853gp proof only, very rare
gl: Gothic, edge letters
gp: Gothic, plain edge
Jubilee Design 1887-1892
As with all the silver and gold coinage, the crown was changed in 1887 to the new design for the Golden Jubilee, and features Victoria's Jubilee portrait, more mature, facing left, wearing a small coronet and this design continued until 1892. The reverse features Benedetto Pistrucci's magnificent design of St, George on horseback slaying the dragon, first used on gold sovereigns of George III in 1817.
5s 1887
5s 1888
5s 1889
5s 1890
5s 1891
5s 1892
Old or Widowed or Veiled Head 1893-1900
The final design change for Victoria was to the "Old" or "Widowed" or "Veiled" head design in 1893, and this continued until the final year of her reign in 1901. The design features the older veiled portrait of Queen Victoria, crowned facing left. The reverse again features Pistrucci's George and Dragon. The edges of the Old Head crowns are stamped with the regnal year, starting with LVI in the first part of 1893. There are two regnal dates per calendar year, as the queen's accession to the throne was in June 1837.
5s 1893 LVI
5s 1893 LVII
5s 1893 LVI proof
5s 1894 LVII
5s 1894 LVIII
5s 1895 LVIII
5s 1896 LIX
5s 1896 LX
5s 1897 LX
5s 1897 LXI
5s 1898 LXI
5s 1898 LXII
5s 1899 LXII
5s 1899 LXIII
5s 1900 LXIII
5s 1900 LXIV
The letters after the date are the edge regnal year.
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