1889 Painted Colour CROWN Solid Silver Antique Coin Old Cash Unusual British QV

Queen Victoria
Solid Silver Coloured Crown
This is a 1889 Victorian Crown which has been coloured
It looks like it to be a brooch or badge.
Crafted during the reign of Queen Victoria, this 1889 Crown coin is a piece of history minted in solid silver with a fineness of 0.925. It hails from the United Kingdom, specifically designed to celebrate and commemorate the era’s monetary heritage. This particular coin remains uncertified and ungraded, offering a raw and authentic look into the past. The coin’s design reflects the Victorian era’s craftsmanship and artistry, making it an attractive piece for collectors and enthusiasts of British numismatics. Its denomination and year of issue mark a significant period in the history of Great Britain, and it could serve as a unique addition to any collection of antique coins.
The Coin features the Robed Jubilee bust portrait of mature Queen Victoria 
facing left, adorned with jewellery, veil, and a small crown as designed by Joseph Edgar Boehm
The obverse, with the reverse design depicting the famed St George, the paton saint of England and the Dragon by Benedetto Pistrucci. 
The Victoria Jubilee Head obverse design was adopted from 1887 for silver and gold coins only, and was continued until the old head portrait was introduced in 1893. It was the second major portrait type of Victoria’s reign, and was introduced for the golden jubilee (50 years) of Queen Victoria’s reign. She acceded to the throne in 1837. 
Delve into the richness of British numismatics with this 1889 Crown, a solid silver antique coin that offers a glimpse into the grandeur of Victoria’s reign. Crafted with a fineness of 0.925, this piece is a testament to the craftsmanship of the era and the storied history of the United Kingdom. While remaining uncertified and ungraded, the coin’s charm lies in its authenticity and the story it carries from over a century ago. It is a remarkable find for collectors with an interest in pre-20th century British coinage or those seeking to add a piece of heritage to their collection.
The Obverse reads ‘VICTORIA D:G: BRITT:REG:F:D:’.
Monarch – Victoria (1837 – 1901)
Edge – reeded
Weight – 28.35 g
Diameter – 38.6 mm
Composition – 92.5% silver
Minted – London, England
Mintage – approx. 1,807,223 (inc varieties)
This vintage 1889 Victoria Crown is a valuable addition to any coin collection. Made of solid 0.925 silver, this antique coin features a stunning design that showcases the era of Queen Victoria’s reign. The intricate details on the coin speaks to the craftsmanship of the United Kingdom during this time period. The denomination of this coin is a Crown and it was minted in Great Britain. The fineness of the silver is 0.925, which ensures the durability of the coin. With its sterling proof quality, this vintage piece is a true testament to the rich history and culture of Great Britain.
A wonderful item for anyone who loves the Royal Family
It would be a super addition to any collection, excellent display, practical piece or authentic period prop.
This once belonged to my Grand Mother and she kept in a display cabinet for many years, but when she died it was placed in a box for storage. 
“e have decided to sell some of her items to raise money for a Memorial Bench with a plaque 
Where we can sit and remember her on Summer Days
 I hope it will find a good home
In Very good condition for over 135 Years Old
 
Comes from a pet and smoke free home
Sorry about the poor quality photos. 
They don’t do the coin  justice which looks a lot better in real life
This vintage 1889 Victoria Crown is a valuable addition to any coin collection. Made of solid 0.925 silver, this antique coin features a stunning design that showcases the era of Queen Victoria’s reign. The intricate details on the coin speaks to the craftsmanship of the United Kingdom during this time period. The denomination of this coin is a Crown and it was minted in Great Britain. The fineness of the silver is 0.925, which ensures the durability of the coin. With its sterling proof quality, this vintage piece is a true testament to the rich history and culture of Great Britain.
In Excellent Condition
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Crown (British coin)
One crown
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Value
5/— (25p in decimal currency)
£5 (commemorative coins from 1990 and later)
Diameter 38 mm
Edge Milled
Composition
(1816–1919) 92.5% Ag
(1920–1946) 50% Ag
(1947–1970) Cupronickel
Years of minting 1707–1981
Obverse
Obverse of the crown of 1891, Great Britain, Victoria.jpg
Design Profile of the monarch (Victoria “jubilee head” design shown)
Designer Joseph Boehm
Design date 1887
Reverse
Reverse crown 1891, Great Britain, Victoria.jpg
Design Various (St George design shown)
Designer Benedetto Pistrucci
Design date 1817
The British crown was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 
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 of one pound, or 5 shillings, or 60 (old) pence. The crown was first issued during the reign of Edward VI, as part of the coinage of the Kingdom of England.
Always a heavy silver coin weighing around one ounce, during the 19th and 20th centuries the crown declined from being a real means of exchange to being a coin rarely spent, and minted for commemorative purposes only. Unlike in some territories of the British Empire (such as Jamaica), in the UK the crown was never replaced as circulating currency by a five-shilling banknote.
“Decimal” crowns were minted a few times after decimalisation of the British currency in 1971, initially with a nominal value of 25 (new) pence. However, commemorative crowns issued since 1990 have a face value of five pounds.[1]
History
The coin’s origins lie in the English silver crown, one of many silver coins that appeared in various countries from the 16th century onwards (most famously the Spanish piece of eight), all of similar size and weight (approx 38mm diameter, 25g fine silver) and thus interchangeable in international trade. The Kingdom of England also minted gold Crowns until early in the reign of Charles II.[2]
The dies for all gold and silver coins of Queen Anne and King George I were engraved by John Croker, a migrant originally from Dresden in the Duchy of Saxony.[3]
The British silver crown was always a large coin, and from the 19th century it did not circulate well. However, crowns were usually struck in a new monarch’s coronation year, from George IV through Elizabeth II in 1953, with the exceptions of George V and Edward VIII.
“Gothic” crown of Queen Victoria (1847). The coin had a mintage of just 8,000 and was produced to celebrate the Gothic revival
The King George V “wreath” crowns struck from 1927 through 1936 (excluding 1935 when the more common “rocking horse” crown was minted to commemorate the King’s Silver Jubilee) depict a wreath on the reverse of the coin and were struck in very low numbers. Generally struck late in the year and intended to be purchased as Christmas gifts, they were generally kept rather than circulated. The 1927 “wreath” crowns were struck as proofs only (15,030 minted) and the 1934 coin had a mintage of just 932.[citation needed]
With their large size, many of the later coins were primarily commemoratives. The 1951 issue was for the Festival of Britain, and was only struck in proof condition. The 1953 crown was issued to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, while the 1960 issue (which carried the same reverse design as the previous crown in 1953) commemorated the British Exhibition in New York. The 1965 issue carried the image of Winston Churchill on the reverse. According to the Standard Catalogue of coins, 19,640,000 of this coin were minted, although intended as collectable pieces the large mintage and lack of precious metal content means these coins are effectively worthless today.[4] Production of the Churchill crown began on 11 October 1965, and stopped in the summer of 1966.
The crown coin was nicknamed the dollar, but is not to be conf with the British trade dollar that circulated in the Orient.
In 2014, a new world record price was achieved for a milled silver crown. The coin was unique, issued as a pattern by engraver Thomas Simon in 1663 and nicknamed the “Reddite Crown”. It was presented to Charles II as the new crown piece, but ultimately rejected in favour of the Roettiers Brothers’ design. Auctioneers Spink & Son of London sold the coin on 27 March 2014 for £396,000 including commission.[5]
All pre-decimal crowns from 1818 on remain legal tender with a face value of 25p.[6]
Decimal crowns
Main articles: British twenty-five pence coin and Five pounds (British coin)
After decimalisation on 15 February 1971, the 25-pence coin was introduced as a replacement for the crown as a commemorative coin. These were legal tender[6] and were made with large mintages.
Further issues continued to be minted, initially with a value of twenty-five pence (with no face value shown). From 1990, the face value of new crown coins was raised to five pounds.[1]
Preceded by
English crown
Crown
1707–1965 Succeeded by
Twenty–five pence
Changing values
The legal tender value of the crown remained as five shillings from 1544 to 1965. However, for most of this period there was no denominational designation or “face value” mark of value displayed on the coin. From 1927 to 1939, the word “CROWN” appears, and from 1951 to 1960 this was changed to “FIVE SHILLINGS”. Coins minted since 1818 remain legal tender with a face value of 25 pence.
Although all “normal” issues since 1951 have been composed of cupro-nickel, special proof versions have been produced for sale to collectors, and as gift items, in silver, gold, and occasionally platinum.
The fact that gold £5 crowns are now produced means that there are two different strains of five pound gold coins, namely crowns and what are now termed “quintuple sovereigns” for want of a more concise term.[7][8]
Numismatically, the term “crown-sized” is generically to describe large silver or cupro-nickel coins of about 40 mm in diameter. Most Commonwealth countries still issue crown-sized coins for sale to collectors.
New Zealand’s original fifty-cent pieces, and Australia’s previously round but now dodecagonal fifty-cent piece, although valued at five shillings in predecimal accounting, are all smaller than the standard silver crown pieces issued by those countries (and the UK). They were in fact similarly sized to the predecimal half crown (worth two shillings and sixpence).
Composition
For silver crowns, the grade of silver adhered to the long-standing standard (established in the 12th century by Henry II) – the Sterling Silver standard of 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper. This was a harder-wearing alloy, yet it was still a rather high grade of silver. It went some way towards discouraging the practice of “clipping”, though this practice was further discouraged and largely eliminated with the introduction of the milled edge seen on coins today.
In a debasement process which took effect in 1920, the silver content of all British coins was reduced from 92.5% to 50%, with a portion of the remainder consisting of manganese, which ca the coins to tarnish to a very dark colour after they had been in circulation for a significant period. Silver was eliminated altogether in 1947, with the move to a composition of cupro-nickel – except for proof issues, which returned to the pre-1920 92.5% silver composition.
Since the Great Recoinage of 1816, a crown has, as a general rule, had a diameter of 38.61 millimetres (1.520 in), and weighed 28.276 grams (defined as 10⁄11 troy ounce).[9][10]
Modern mintages
Monarch Year Number minted Detail Composition*
Edward VII As 5/- (60d – quarter sovereign)
1902 256,020 Coronation 0.925 silver
George V 1927 15,030 (proof only) ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
1928 9,034 ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
1929 4,994 ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
1930 4,847 ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
1931 4,056 ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
1932 2,395 ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
1933 7,132 ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
1934 932 ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
1935 714,769 George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee 0.500 silver
1936 2,473 ‘Wreath’ Crown 0.500 silver
George VI 1937 418,699 Coronation 0.500 silver
1951 1,983,540 Festival of Britain Cu/Ni
Elizabeth II 1953 5,962,621 Coronation Cu/Ni
1960 1,024,038 British Exhibition in New York Cu/Ni
1965 19,640,000 Death of Sir Winston Churchill Cu/Ni
As 25p (quarter sovereign)
1972 7,452,100 Queen Elizabeth II 25th Wedding Anniversary 25p Cu/Ni
1977 37,061,160 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Cu/Ni
1980 9,306,000 Queen Mother 80th Birthday Cu/Ni
1981 26,773,600 Charles & Diana Wedding Cu/Ni
For crowns minted from 1990, which have a value of £5, see here.
The specifications for composition refer to the standard circulation versions. Proof versions continue to be minted in Sterling silver.
Gallery
Quarter sovereign
In 1853, the Royal Mint had produced two patterns for a gold 5-shilling coin for circulation use, one denominated as five shillings and the other as a quarter sovereign, but this coin never went into production, in part due to concerns about the small size of the coin and likely wear in circulation.[11] The quarter sovereign was introduced in 2009 as a bullion coin.
References
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 “The Royal Mint: Five Pound Coin Designs and Specifications”. The Royal Mint. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
 “Crown”. Royal Mint Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2022. In 1551 Edward VI issued a large silver coin of the value of five shillings and as its currency value was the same as that of the gold crown it took its name from that coin. Both gold and silver crowns continued to be struck concurrently until early in the reign of Charles II, when minting of the gold crown ceased.
 Warwick William Wroth, ‘Croker, John (1670-1741)’ in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 13
 “How Much is a 1965 Winston Churchill Coin Worth?”. churchillcentral.com. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
 “Spink sets new world record for an English silver coin, 27 March 2014”. Spink Auctioneers. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
 “How can I dispose of commemorative crowns? And why do some have a higher face value than others?”. The Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
 “Quintuple Sovereigns – Five Pound Gold Coins”. taxfreegold.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
 “British Gold Proof Commemorative Crowns”. taxfreegold.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
 Specifications of British Pre-decimal Coins
 Kindleberger, Charles P. (2005). A Financial History of Western Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 60. ISBN 9780415378673.
 OnlineCoinClub Quarter Sovereign pre-decimal
External links
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Royal Mint Museum’s history of Crown Coin
Crown, Coin Type from United Kingdom – Online Coin Club
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Queen Victoria
Victoria
Photograph of Queen Victoria, 1882
Photograph by Alexander Bassano, 1882
Queen of the United Kingdom (more …)
Reign    20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901
Coronation    28 June 1838
Predecessor    William IV
Successor    Edward VII
Empress of India
Reign    1 May 1876 – 22 January 1901
Imperial Durbar    1 January 1877
Successor    Edward VII
Born    Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent
24 May 1819
Kensington Palace, London, England
Died    22 January 1901 (aged 81)
Osborne House, Isle of Wight, England
Burial    4 February 1901
Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor
Spouse    Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
​
​(m. 1840; died 1861)​
Issue   
Victoria, German Empress
Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg
House    Hanover
Father    Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Mother    Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Signature    Victoria’s signature
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than any previous British monarch. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.
Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (the fourth son of King George III), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After the deaths of her father and grandfather in 1820, she was raised under close supervision by her mother and her comptroller, John Conroy. She inherited the throne aged 18 after her father’s three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue. Victoria, a constitutional monarch, attempted privately to influence government policy and ministerial appointments; publicly, she became a national icon who was identified with strict standards of personal morality.
Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Their children married into royal and noble families across the continent, earning Victoria the sobriquet “the grandmother of Europe” and spreading haemophilia in European royalty. After Albert’s death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, British republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Her Golden and Diamond jubilees were times of public celebration. She died on the Isle of Wight in 1901. The last British monarch of the House of Hanover, she was succeeded by her son Edward VII of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Birth and family
Portrait of Victoria at age 4
Victoria at the age of four, by Stephen Poyntz Denning, 1823
Victoria’s father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of the reigning King of the United Kingdom, George III. Until 1817, Edward’s niece, Princess Charlotte of Wales, was the only legitimate grandchild of George III. Her death in 1817 precipitated a succession crisis that brought pressure on the Duke of Kent and his unmarried brothers to marry and have children. In 1818 he married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, a widowed German princess with two children—Carl (1804–1856) and Feodora (1807–1872)—by her first marriage to Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. Her brother Leopold was Princess Charlotte’s widower and later the first king of Belgium. The Duke and Duchess of Kent’s only child, Victoria, was born at 4:15 a.m. on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London.[1]
Victoria was christened privately by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, on 24 June 1819 in the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace.[a] She was baptised Alexandrina after one of her godparents, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and Victoria, after her mother. Additional names proposed by her parents—Georgina (or Georgiana), Charlotte, and Augusta—were dropped on the instructions of Kent’s eldest brother George, Prince Regent.[2]
At birth, Victoria was fifth in the line of succession after the four eldest sons of George III: the Prince Regent (later George IV); Frederick, Duke of York; William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV); and Victoria’s father, Edward, Duke of Kent.[3] The Prince Regent had no surviving children, and the Duke of York had no children; further, both were estranged from their wives, who were both past child-bearing age, so the two eldest brothers were unlikely to have any further legitimate children. William and Edward married on the same day in 1818, but both of William’s legitimate daughters died as infants. The first of these was Princess Charlotte, who was born and died on 27 March 1819, two months before Victoria was born. Victoria’s father died in January 1820, when Victoria was less than a year old. A week later her grandfather died and was succeeded by his eldest son as George IV. Victoria was then third in line to the throne after Frederick and William. William’s second daughter, Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, lived for twelve weeks from 10 December 1820 to 4 March 1821, and for that period Victoria was fourth in line.[4]
The Duke of York died in 1827, followed by George IV in 1830; the throne passed to their next surviving brother, William, and Victoria became heir presumptive. The Regency Act 1830 made special provision for Victoria’s mother to act as regent in case William died while Victoria was still a minor.[5] King William distrusted the Duchess’s capacity to be regent, and in 1836 he declared in her presence that he wanted to live until Victoria’s 18th birthday, so that a regency could be avoided.[6]
Heir presumptive
Portrait of Victoria with her spaniel Dash by George Hayter, 1833
Victoria later described her childhood as “rather melancholy”.[7] Her mother was extremely protective, and Victoria was raised largely isolated from other children under the so-called “Kensington System”, an elaborate set of rules and protocols devised by the Duchess and her ambitious and domineering comptroller, Sir John Conroy, who was rumoured to be the Duchess’s lover.[8] The system prevented the princess from meeting people whom her mother and Conroy deemed undesirable (including most of her father’s family), and was designed to render her weak and dependent upon them.[9] The Duchess avoided the court because she was scandalised by the presence of King William’s illegitimate children.[10] Victoria shared a bedroom with her mother every night, studied with private tutors to a regular timetable, and spent her play-hours with her dolls and her King Charles Spaniel, Dash.[11] Her lessons included French, German, Italian, and Latin,[12] but she spoke only English at home.[13]
Victoria’s sketch of herself
Self-portrait, 1835
In 1830, the Duchess of Kent and Conroy took Victoria across the centre of England to visit the Malvern Hills, stopping at towns and great country houses along the way.[14] Similar journeys to other parts of England and Wales were taken in 1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835. To the King’s annoyance, Victoria was enthusiastically welcomed in each of the stops.[15] William compared the journeys to royal progresses and was concerned that they portrayed Victoria as his rival rather than his heir presumptive.[16] Victoria disliked the trips; the constant round of public appearances made her tired and ill, and there was little time for her to rest.[17] She objected on the grounds of the King’s disapproval, but her mother dismissed his complaints as motivated by jealousy and forced Victoria to continue the tours.[18] At Ramsgate in October 1835, Victoria contracted a severe fever, which Conroy initially dismissed as a childish pretence.[19] While Victoria was ill, Conroy and the Duchess unsuccessfully badgered her to make Conroy her private secretary.[20] As a teenager,

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