Victoria 1853 proof Half-Sovereign, large date =R6, PF64+ ULTRA CAMEO no initial mark or stops

no initial mark or stops

Attractive brown-green portrait

graded by NGC as AU details as obverse scratched

Davies 1218

I with lozenge stops at centre

Victoria 1853 proof Half-Sovereign, large date =R6, PF64+ ULTRA CAMEO no initial mark or stopsVictoria (1837 1901), gold proof Half Sovereign, 1853, large date, young head left, W. W. raised on truncation for engraver William Wyon, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, edge plain (WR 347 R3; Bull EGC 1250 R6; Hill 427B R6; S. 3859). An