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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 704

Victoria, Proof Halfcrown, 1879,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 585; ESC 704 R4; S.3889), attractively toned, mint state, extremely rare Estimate £ 3,000-3,500PROVENANCE:Buckland Dix and Wood no. 7, 21 September 1994, lot 121

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