Another week, another numismatic term "Jubilee Coinage". Queen Victoria finally allowed new coins to be issued with a portrait other than her young head. These young head coins were issued from 1838-1887. Her vanity was such that the coins carried her portrait as a 17 year old even when she was 67. On the Jubilee of her reign the new design was struck along with a new denomination (the double florin). The small crown placed on the back of the queen's head made her look a bit foolish and the jubilee head design was changed again in 1893 to the old or widow head coinage. 
