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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 133

Victoria, Proof Copper Penny, 1856, date slightly double struck, plain trident, colon close to def: young filleted head facing left, W.W. on truncation, date below, victoria dei gratia rev.Britannia seated right with shield and plain trident, emblems below in exergue, britanniar: reg: fid: def: (Peck 1511; S.3948), attractively toned, as struck with a hint of lustre, of the highest rarity Estimate £ 800-1,000

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