Description
Country or authority: United Kingdom
Year or date range: 1891
Denomination: Sixpence
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Queen Victoria, Jubilee Head
Mint or mintmark: Royal Mint, London; no mintmark visible
Catalogue references: Spink 3929; KM 760
Obverse description: Crowned, veiled and draped bust of Victoria facing left, wearing an earring, necklace and decorations. Legend: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT[:] REGINA F:D:. Small initials near the bust truncation are only partly legible.
Reverse description: SIX / PENCE beneath a crown, enclosed by a wreath tied with a ribbon below. Small horizontal ornament beneath the denomination; date 1891 below the wreath. Beaded border.
