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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 706

Victoria, Halfcrowns (2), obverse brockage and a currency 1880,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 589; ESC 705; S.3889), brockage well centered, toned with a few patches of green deposit, nearly extremely fine, the currency coin only fair Estimate £ 200-250

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