What is the value of a silver coin young Queen Victoria on one side George and the Dragon on the other george and the dragon side is enamelled and a date of 1887 is shown any ideas?

Answer 1

There are no Queen Victoria coins dated 1837, that was the year she came to the throne. All British 1837 coins have King William IV on the obverse.

The Benedetto Pistrucci design of St. George and the Dragon was not used on British Coins until about 1871.

You very possibly have a medallion or some other type of souvenir or token commemorating the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne.

Answer 2

Your coin is an 1887 sterling silver British Crown (Five Shillings). It has what is referred to as the "Jubilee Bust" of Queen Victoria, 1887 being her Golden Jubilee year, which is possibly why it might have been enamelled.

Had the coin not been enamelled, and depending on its condition, it might have got anything from £15 to £150 GBP as a collectible coin.

Although these started out as genuine British circulating coins, it became fashionable at some point to create jewellery out of them.

There are examples listed on the internet of brooches, pendants, cuff links and even buttons having been made from genuine circulation coins. The enamelling is part of the jewellery making process, the coins were never minted like this.

They are not traded or collected as coins, but as jewellery, and are collectible in their own right and are attracting some relatively large prices.

In view of the collector value of an uncirculated British 1887 silver Crown, I would prefer to have the Crown. Modified coins have no collector value.

Answer 3

Your coin is a "To Hanover" token.

What you thought was St. George is actually the Duke of Cumberland, the King of Hanover.

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