*THOMAS* MASON* 1669
D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET
An unusually fine and well-struck example with a very good portrait
VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Victoria 1887-M Half-Sovereign, Melbourne, MS62, DISH M506, ex Iverson *THOMAS* MASON* 1669Victoria (1837 1901), gold Half Sovereign, 1887 M, Melbourne Mint, Australia, Golden Jubilee style bust facing left, designed by J Edgar Boehm, small crown and veil on head, pearl earring with pearl necklace, J. E. B. initials close and raised on truncation with hooked J, arranged in a straight line along the juncture of the truncation and the field, the B only intruding the field below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA DEI