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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 258

Victoria, Bronze Penny, 1875, laureate and draped bust facing left, hair tied in bun, with close thicker ties, wreath of 17 leaves, leaf veins raised, 6 berries, 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. 79 R13, dies 8+G; Peck 1700; Gouby A; S.3954), weakly struck, attractively toned, with underlying lustre, uncirculated and very rare Estimate £ 80-120 Croydon Coin Auction, 10 September 1996, lot 197

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