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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
01/09/2024 Auction 186	English Coins	Lot 1527	Five Pounds 1887 Gold Proof Marsh F31, S.3864 in an NGC holder and graded PF65 Ultra Cameo. Very few Victorian Gold issues attain the Ultra Cameo designation and all are extremely prized pieces. A superb example beautifully frosted with full crisp detail upon reflective fields enhancing the eye appeal of this rare Proof Jubilee issue. The flagship coin of the Jubilee Head series and the centrepiece coin of the Long Proof set of the year. At the time of writing there had been 116 pieces graded by NGC, with only 2 graded higher. A stunning piece that would grace the finest Victorian Gold Collection. More coins like this	£60,000
03/12/2023 Auction 183	English Coins	Lot 1671	Five Pounds 1887 Proof, Marsh F31, S.3864, in an NGC holder and graded PF61 Ultra Cameo	£16,000
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Coins	Lot 1210	Proof Set 1887 £5 to Silver Threepence (11 coins) NGC graded Five Pounds PF63 ULTRA CAMEO, Two Pounds PF63+ ULTRA CAMEO, Sovereign PF63+ ULTRA CAMEO, Half Sovereign PF64 ULTRA CAMEO, Crown PF65 CAMEO, Double Florin PF66 CAMEO, Halfcrown PF65 CAMEO, Florin PF66 CAMEO, Shilling PF66 CAMEO, Sixpence PF64 CAMEO, Threepence PF66 CAMEO More coins like this	£59,000
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Coins	Lot 1333	Five Pounds 1887 Proof, Marsh F31, S.3864 in an NGC holder and graded PF60, rare issue with just 797 pieces minted	£5,200
04/09/2022 Auction 178	English Coins	Lot 1350	Five Pounds 1887 Proof S3864 with B.P. PCGS PR62DCAM very desirable thus	£25,000
05/06/2022 Auction 177	English Coins	Lot 1518	Five Pounds 1887 S.3864 UNC the reverse with minor cabinet friction, a choice example, lustrous and with prooflike fields, a very attractive example an rare thus More coins like this	£4,000
07/03/2021 Auction 172	English Coins	Lot 950	Five Pounds 1887 Proof S.3864 FDC and graded PR62CAM by PCGS without B.P in exergue and a much rarer variety Linecar and Stone 73, considered by connoisseurs to be five times rarer than the issue that has the B.P (Linecar and Stone 72), a choice and beautiful piece and certainly not overgraded at PR62	£42,000
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Coins	Lot 1613	Five Pounds 1887 Prooflike with frosted designs choice Unc or nFDC and in a PCGS holder as MS62 (Ex LCA 159 Lot 763 realised £2,800) More coins like this	£2,600
03/12/2018 Auction 163	English Coins	Lot 459	Five Pounds 1887 Proof S.3864 nFDC, Very minor hairlines, a small edge nick and minimal contact marks only on this beautiful piece, we note a steep increase in values for these pieces in recent times and consequently the better examples are becoming very difficult to find with values in the tens of thousands	£17,000
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Coins	Lot 1528	Five Pounds 1887 Proof S.3864 GEF for wear with small rim nicks, the obverse hairlined and with signs of fine smoothing in the fields visible under magnification	£4,800
04/12/2017 Auction 159	English Coins	Lot 763	Five Pounds 1887 Prooflike with frosted designs choice Unc or nFDC and in a PCGS holder as MS62 More coins like this	£2,800
07/12/2014 Auction 147	English Coins	Lot 2292	Five Pounds 1887 Proof S.3864 UNC with some light contact marks	£3,000
01/06/2014 Auction 145	English Coins	Lot 1502	Five Pounds 1887 S.3864 Good EF and prooflike More coins like this	£1,500
01/06/2014 Auction 145	English Coins	Lot 1503	Five Pounds 1887 S.3864 Good EF and prooflike More coins like this	£1,500
09/06/2009 Auction 126	English Coins	Lot 995	Five Pounds 1887 Proof S.3864 nFDC with a few trivial surface nicks and hairlines, a choice example	£3,200
07/06/2009 Auction 125	English Coins	Lot 1163	Five Pounds?1887 ?PROOF?having a?narrow date?and slightly dropped '7',?with?date only 7.4 mm wide. This Obv. 2 has a weak?upper unpublished and very rare. Some surface marking o/w About UNC. (Note: Proof 1887 five pounds nearly always have strong double crown lines and a 7.9 mm date. Those with no 'B.P.' ?have a weak first crown band and an 8.2 mm date). More coins like this	£2,000
07/06/2009 Auction 125	English Coins	Lot 1159	Five Pounds 1887?Currency - Obv 2 as above with?ordinary edge and weak Obv. rim circlet, especially above 'D: G:' representing nearly the total issue for 1887. This specimen, however, is unusual by having pronounced matte surfaces as against the more usual proof-like fields. Lustrous UNC with some bag marks More coins like this	£1,100
01/03/2009 Auction 124	English Coins	Lot 2058	Five Pounds 1887 Prooflike gEF S3864 More coins like this	£825
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Coins	Lot 948	Five Pounds 1887 S.3864 Prooflike GEF with a few small tone spots on the obverse More coins like this	£550
31/03/2003 Auction 101	English Coins	Lot 478	Five Pounds 1887 Prooflike gEF More coins like this	£525

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