1 Crown    (sold for $57.0)

1890, Great Britain, Queen Victoria. Beautiful Large Silver Crown Coin. VF!

Mint Year: 1890 Reference: KM-765. Denomination: Crown Condition: A nice VF with numerous contact-marks and scratches! Material: Sterling Silver (.925)  Weight: 28.01gm Diameter: 38mm

Obverse: Crowned and veiled bust of Queen Victoria left. Legend: VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :   Reverse: St. George, wearing Attic helmet, right on horse, holding sword in preparation to dispatch prostrate and wounded Dragon below. Comment: Broken shaft of lance to left on ground, engraver´s initials (B.P.) below ground to right. Date (1890) below.

Benedetto Pistrucci (May 29, 1783 – September 16, 1855) was a talented engraver of   gemstones, cameos, coins and medals. Born in Italy, he moved to London   in 1815 and was employed at the Royal Mint as an engraver, where his   most famous work is his portrayal of St. George & the Dragon used on   British gold sovereigns and crowns first created during the Great   Recoinage of 1816. He also engraved the dies for many other coins,   medals, and medallions, including the Waterloo Medal, which took him   over thirty years to complete. He refused to copy the work of any other   artist or engraver, and insisted that all his work was his own original   work. Because of his Italian origin, he was not officially recognised as   the chief engraver at the Royal Mint, and there were rivalries with   other engravers including the Wyon family.

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was from 20 June   1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and   from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India until her death. Her reign as   Queen lasted 63 years and seven months, longer than that of any other   British monarch to date. The period centred on her reign is known as the   Victorian era.

Though Victoria ascended the throne at a time when   the United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy in   which the king or queen held few political powers, she still served as a   very important symbolic figure of her time. The Victorian era   represented the height of the Industrial Revolution, a period of   significant social, economic, and technological progress in the United   Kingdom. Victoria's reign was marked by a great expansion of the British   Empire; during this period it reached its zenith, becoming the foremost   global power of the time.

Victoria, who was of almost entirely German descent,   was the granddaughter of George III and the niece of her predecessor   William IV. She arranged marriages for her nine children and forty-two   grandchildren across the continent, tying Europe together; this earned   her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe". She was the last British   monarch of the House of Hanover; her son King Edward VII belonged to the   House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Through her mother, she was also a   first cousin twice removed of Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress.