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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 421

Victoria (1837-1901), Penny, 1860, dies Dd, 'bunhead' left, rev. n in one over sideways n, 9.81g, 11h (F – [cf. 10, dies 2+D]; Gouby K; BMC [Peck] –; Satin 11; Bamford 17 this coin; Adams 204; Gregory 428; S.3954), a small die flaw and toning spot by date, otherwise virtually as struck with full original colour, the obverse reminiscently prooflike, the error clear and very rare thus

provenance
Laurie Bamford, DNW 70, 20 June 2006, lot 17

For further observations on this reverse die, see Paul Holland, ‘An unusual pair of obverse die-linked bronze pennies dated 1860 and 1861’, BNJ 2001, pp.175-6

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£750