1887-1892 Queen
Great Britain Queen Victoria 1887 to 1892 Jubilee Head type set of 7 coins, namely: Crown, Double Florin, Halfcrown, Florin, Shilling, Sixpence and Threepence. All of the coins are struck in 92% silver and are in Fine (or better) condition.
The Queen Victoria Jubilee Head coinage was introduced in 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the reign of Queen
This item is new/mint and is housed in a display protection case but can be removed for framing if so desired.
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Queen
Queen
She was born on 24 May 1819, the only child of Edward, Duke of
In 1840
On her accession, the morale of the population was low and the monarchy was unpopular, but
Aged 58, and a widower who had lost his only daughter, Melbourne viewed
In 1840,
Albert's interests in the arts and sciences inspired the celebratory Great Exhibition, hosted at Crystal Palace, in 1851. And the proceeds from this led to the foundation of some of
Among the great achievements of her reign was the raising of institutional reform - such as the move (in the 1840s and 1850s) to a more constitutional monarchy - above party faction. The most notable achievement was probably the expansion of the British Empire, which doubled in size, taking in
Conflict was not a feature of Victorian overseas policy, although in her time the Queen and her parliament faced an Irish uprising, the Boer Wars and an Indian rebellion. Continental war was limited to the Crimean, which began in 1853. Danger, however, was never far away, and seven attempts were made on
Although she retired to the Isle of Wight after the death of her beloved husband, and tended to remain hidden from the public eye, she emerged from this seclusion to celebrate her Golden and Diamond jubilees, and even made a royal visit to France - the first by a ruling British monarch since 1431.
Having witnessed a revolution in British government, and the growth of the world's largest empire,