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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 247

Victoria, Bronze Proof Penny, 1872, 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. inverted die axis, 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. 63 R20, dies 6+G; Peck ----; S.3954), attractively toned, mint state and probably unique, unknown to Peck Estimate £ 1,000-1,500 Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1996, item 4861

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