Description
Country or authority: United Kingdom
Year or date range: 1883
Denomination: 1 Florin (2 Shillings)
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Queen Victoria
Mint or mintmark: Royal Mint, London; no mintmark discernible
Catalogue references: Spink 3900
Obverse description: Crowned, draped bust of Victoria facing left, within an ornamental arched border. Gothic legend read as ‘Victoria d:g:britt: reg:f:d:mdccclxxxiii’, with the crowded date ending provisionally interpreted as 1883.
Reverse description: Four crowned shields arranged around a central floral ornament: England above and below, Scotland at right and Ireland at left. Roses, thistle and shamrock between the shields. Gothic legend: ‘One florin / one tenth of a pound’.
