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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 652

Victoria, Proof 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 669 R3; S.3885) attractively toned as struck and extremely rare Estimate £ 2,500-3,000PROVENANCE:Glendining, 1 October 1997, lot 372

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