CNG 100, Lot: 1079. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. AV Five Pounds (36mm, 40.14 g, 12h). Jubilee coinage. London mint. Dated 1887. VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :, crowned and veiled bust left / St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right; 1887 in exergue. SCBC 3864; Schneider 653. EF. Considerable brilliance.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.