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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 660

Victoria, Halfcrown, 1841, Young head left with two fillets binding hair, plain 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 564; ESC 674 R3; S.3888), surface marks on obverse, toned, extremely fine, an extremely rare date Estimate £ 1,200-1,500PROVENANCE:Croydon Coin Auction, 12 September 1995, lot 250

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