*Scarce* Rarity - 1893 Gold Half Sovereign Shieldback - PCGS Graded - DISH L518

PCGS Graded AU53 Queen Victoria 1893 Half Sovereign & FREE Valcambi 1g Silver bar

Rated scarce in the marsh sovereign series guide (photographs of the latest edition extracts included in the listing)

Victoria (1837-1901), gold Half-Sovereign, 1893, Jubilee style bust facing left, designed by J. Edgar Boehm, small crown and veil on head, plain truncation variety, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered low shield of arms, date below either side of bottom of frame, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: (DISH L518 S; Hill 482; Bull EGC 1371; S.3869D). Appealingly toned with surface marks and hairlines, graded by PCGS as AU53, rare, the only London Jubilee head denomination dated 1893.

PCGS Certification 206703.53/40799280.

Calendar year mintage 186,218 - This figure is known to be 4.2% of the total half-sovereign London output this year with the other 95.8% being of the old head type.

The Latin legends translates on obverse as "Victoria by the Grace of God," and on the reverse as "Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith."