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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 656

Victoria, Halfcrown, 1839, struck on an underweight flan, Young head left with two fillets binding hair, w.w. incuse on truncation, date below, victoria dei gratia, no border on obverse, 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) scratched fair to fine extremely rare Estimate £ 300-400PROVENANCE:Croydon Coin Auction, 27 May 1997, lot 3

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