Victoria Florin (Gothic)

[Guest Guest_Craig_I'm_a_Guest]

Hi,

I was hoping someone could help me identify a coin in my late grandfathers collection. In my investigations of it I know it is a gothic victoria florin but the date confuses me; mdccclxxx is 1880 but then there is, what I can only identify as the greek letter beta (. Does this signify the date as 1882 with the b as a two instead of the roman numerals II? Can anybody please shed any light on this and possibly give an indication of value?

Thank you, Craig.

[Peter]

I reckon you have one of these

http://www.onlinecoins.co.uk/viewcoin.php?...6&keepsession=1

1884 gothic

on the same site an EF is about £70 to £90.

They are beautiful coins and desirable in VF+ condition.

[Guest Guest_Craig_I'm_a_Guest]

Peter,

Many thanks for your helpful reply.

Craig.

[Geoff T]

Hi,

I was hoping someone could help me identify a coin in my late grandfathers collection. In my investigations of it I know it is a gothic victoria florin but the date confuses me; mdccclxxx is 1880 but then there is, what I can only identify as the greek letter beta (. Does this signify the date as 1882 with the b as a two instead of the roman numerals II? Can anybody please shed any light on this and possibly give an indication of value?

Thank you, Craig.

The "v" on gothic florins has a curled serif which makes it look like a "b", so I reckon you have an 1885.

Geoff