United Kingdom 1 Crown - Victoria, 1887

1 Crown from United Kingdom. Issued in 1887. Struck in Gold. Measures 40.5 mm and weighs 0 g.

Obverse

Large left-facing portrait of Queen Victoria as a young monarch, uncrowned but her hair bound with two fillets, each without ornamentation, ending in a pony tail, closely copied from the Wyon design struck in London at the beginning of the reign. A flat six-pointed star appears centred below the portrait. (Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith)

Reverse

Order of the Garter crest supported by a crowned lion and a unicorn in chains, surrounded by an intricately detailed bowed wreath. On each side, a ring of beads outlines the raised rim, which is sharply squared off. (Shame on he [who] thinks evil of it
God and my right)