GREAT BRITAIN UNITED KINGDOM
5 Pounds 1893, London. VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT REGINA FID DEF IND IMP. Veiled bust left // St. George and the dragon. Fr. 394a, Spink 3872. 39,65 g. GOLD. Very rare. Only 773 pieces minted. In PCGS slab, graded PR 62 ULTRA CAMEO . Uncirculated with magnificent gold patina Queen Victoria's reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Golden Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover. Her son and successor, Edward VII, belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the line of his father.