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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 666

Victoria, Halfcrown, 1844, both 4´s with upper serifs, 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 567 note 1; ESC 677; S.3888), with an old satin grey tone, scratch on cheek, toned, extremely fine Estimate £ 400-500PROVENANCE:Buckland Dix and Wood no. 29, 9 April 1997

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