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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 655

Victoria, Halfcrown, 1839, Young head left with two fillets binding hair, w.w. incuse on truncation, date below, victoria dei gratia, finely toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, eight strings to Irish harp, within laurel wreath, emblems below, britanniarum regina fid: def:, edge, milled (Davies 562; ESC 672 R4; S.3887), toned extremely fine, extremely rare, perhaps the finest known Estimate £ -3,500PROVENANCE:Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1980, lot 2272

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