CNG 97, Lot: 1049. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. Proof AV Sovereign (22mm, 7.99 g, 12h). Jubilee coinage. London mint. Dated 1887. Crowned, veiled, and draped bust left / St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right. Bentley 322; cf. Marsh 125 (for business strike); cf. MCE 547 (same); SCBC 3866B. In NGC encapsulation graded PF 63 Ultra Cameo.

From the D.F. Alder Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXIII.9 (May 1956), no. 18281.