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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 671

Victoria, Halfcrown, 1846, 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 569; ESC 680; S.3888), weak at centre, attractively toned, uncirculated Estimate £ 500-600PROVENANCEH M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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