Victoria 1887 proof Double-Florin Fame and Victory either side

Fame and Victory either side of a tablet on which Time inscribes the name of the ships lost by France

struck as Caesar under Vespasian

struck on a broad flan and of particularly good style

EDWARDx DIx GRAx REXx AnGL xZx FR

Mitchiner 729)

Victoria 1887 proof Double-Florin Fame and Victory either sideVictoria (1837 1901), silver Proof Double Florin of Four Shillings, 1887, Arabic 1 in date, crowned and veiled Jubilee type bust left, J. E. B. on truncation for engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITT: REG: FID: DEF: (Bull 2698;