Victoria Sixpence 1887 Wreath Choice Uncirculated

In 1887, Queen Victoria celebrated her 50th year as Queen. The Mint issued three different types of sixpences that year. They continued on with the Young Head design. They only issued a special design for the Jubilee but they made an error and had to issue a different Jubilee later that same year. The first type of Jubilee sixpence had a shield on the reverse and looked very similar to the Half Sovereign of that date. So people were gold plating the sixpence and passing them off as gold coins. Later in the year the Mint changed the reverse to show a wreath with the value spelled out, to try and stop the practice. Here we can offer the Victorian Sixpence 1887 Wreath Choice Uncirculated.