Rare 1887 Coin featuring Victoria gold crown is estimated to sell for $250k

The year 1887 was not only the Queen’s Golden Jubilee year, but also the final year of ‘The Young Head’ design on the Great Britain sovereign which was originally struck after Britain’s most celebrated and talented coin and medal engraver William Wyon’s renowned portrait modeled at the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign. Now after 125 years, a magnificent example of the Great Britain 1887 Victoria Gold crown which impressively exhibits ‘enchanting royal portraiture in gold’, featuring a large portrait of Queen Victoria as a young monarch, is expected to fetch the highest prices in auctioneer Heritage Auction’s Ancient & World Coin Signature Auction, scheduled to be held on January 6-7 in New York. Billed as one of the finest example of its type and a prize for the ultimate crown collector, this well-preserved coin with a fabulous provenance is expected to sell with a $200,000 to $250,000 estimate, to become    one of the world’s most expensive coins.