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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 700

Victoria, Proof Halfcrown, 1878,Young head of inferior style 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 584; ESC 702 R4; S.3889), very attractively toned, as struck, extremely rare Estimate £ 3,000-3,500PROVENANCE:Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1997, item 1013

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