Is this a Florin? 1 1

[Halbrook Family]

I started to get into Canada and GB coins. Great Britain coins I am having a hard time with this one. KM 762 it looks like. Sterling? It seems more like copper though. With the 2" x 2" it weighs 12.9 g which is close to the 11.3 it should weigh. 

Edited Sunday at 06:28 PM by Halbrook Family

[Halbrook Family]

It's got to be that. I got a what I would think would be a XF one from a year later. Same size. 

[Greenstang]

You answered your own question, it is a florin and should be silver.

[Halbrook Family]

It's more golden then the picture. 

[Mr.Bill347]

It is , in fact a British Florin. The 1888 florin was the follow up to the 1887 Florin which was struck in both Gothic and Romanesque letters. Your coin exhibits a Roman “1” and is sterling silver

Victoria silver Florin

Obverse - Crowned Gothic type bust left, WW below for engraver William Wyon, Latin legend with a linear and beaded border surrounding both sides, date in legend in Roman numerals

Reverse - Crowned cruciform shields, emblems in alternate angles, quatrefoil at center, denomination legend, +One florin+ in the upper half, one-tenth of a pound in the lower half

Weight approximately 11.32 grams of sterling silver.

[RWB]

1887 coin is a "forlorn" florin for the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria. The obverse depicts an ugly old woman with a marked receding lower jaw and double chin, wearing a spaghetti strainer on her half-bald head. The reverse shows a mash-up of obsolete heraldic shields centered on a "plus + " sign surrounded by a smoke ring and undefined rays.

Initials under the portrait are J.E.B. Joseph Edgar Boehm who was forced to admit to the awful art work.

[VKurtB]

On 7/1/2024 at 3:19 PM, RWB said:

1887 coin is a "forlorn" florin for the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria. The obverse depicts an ugly old woman with a marked receding lower jaw and double chin, wearing a spaghetti strainer on her half-bald head. The reverse shows a mash-up of obsolete heraldic shields centered on a "plus + " sign surrounded by a smoke ring and undefined rays.

Initials under the portrait are J.E.B. Joseph Edgar Boehm who was forced to admit to the awful art work.

Yeahhhh, Vicky surely was an acquired taste in the looks department. But then, the British monarchy generally were no bargain. Susan B. Anthony has serious competition in the “who’s been beaten by the ugly stick” department.