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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 251

Victoria, Bronze Penny, 1874H, Heaton Mint, narrow date, 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 and H below in exergue, tall thin lighthouse to left with 6 windows, tiny rock to left, sea touches linear circle, ship sailing to right, one penny (Fr. 68 R13, dies 6+H; Peck 1695; Gouby K; S.3955), black streak on reverse, with considerable underlying lustre, good extremely fine and very rare Estimate £ 150-250 Edgar Lincoln, c.1895 Dr E Johnstone, collection purchased by Baldwin Bought Baldwin, December 2001

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