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Auction: 18005 - British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1008

Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Shilling, 1839, type A3, second head left, no ww, rev. en médaille, crowned value in wreath, edge plain (Davies 853; ESC 1284; S.3904), a small edge nick by d of f d, otherwise attractively toned, extremely fine, rare

provenance
Purchased Spink, 12 July 2007, £325


En médaille strikings of 1839 Proof Shillings have been identified by Joseph Payne, Assistant Curator, Royal Mint Museum of being the likely products of Official Mint restrikings in the 1860s. This is evidenced within the Museum's own collection of 1839 Proof Half-Sovereigns, where the standard coin alignment axis is present on a known 1839 striking, whereas two other specimens bearing the same date, but recorded as being struck at a later time are orientated on medal alignment.

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Sold for
£800