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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 233

Victoria, Bronze Penny, 1863, 222/126 scratched in field, laureate and draped bust facing left, hair tied in bun, finer hair strands at nape of neck, wreath of 16 leaves, leaf veins raised, no signature, toothed border and thin linear circle both sides, victoria d:g: britt: reg: f: d: rev. Britannia seated right on rocks with convex shield and trident, no signature, date below in exergue, bell-topped lighthouse to left, no rock to left, sea crosses linear circle, ship sailing to right, one penny (Fr. --; BNJ vol. 52, 1982, page 235; Peck 1658; S.3954; Gouby page 6-7), with much lustre, lightly toned, uncirculated and highly significant as Dyer's article indicates, of extreme rarity, only four numbered coins of 1863 known, each different, two of which are in the British Museum Estimate £ 800-1,200 Spink Numismatic Circular, December 1994, item 8159

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