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                    Lot: 710
                
                    
                        Victoria, Proof Halfcrown, 1881,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 591; ESC 708 R3; S.3889), attractively toned, mint state, extremely rare  Estimate £   2,500-3,000PROVENANCEH M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951                        
                                            
                
                    
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                        £2,000