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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 651

Victoria (1837-1901), Halfcrown, 1839, Young head left with one plain and one ornate fillet binding hair, w.w. raised on truncation, date below off-set to left and angled, sharp tip to truncation, victoria dei gratia, finely toothed border both sides, rev. struck en medaille, crowned quartered shield of arms, eight strings to Irish harp, within laurel wreath, emblems below, britanniarum regina fid: def:, edge, milled (Davies 560; ESC 668 R4; S.3885), only poor but the rare variety determined by the positioning of the reverse legend with R of REG closer to crown, extremely rare Estimate £ 60-80PROVENANCE:Croydon Coin Auction, 30 November 1999, lot 150

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