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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 722

Victoria, Pattern Halfcrown, 1884, struck in silver on a 33mm flan, Jubilee style bust with necklace of twelve pearls and small crown facing left within wire circle, small letters in legend, victoria d:g: / britt reg f:d:, beaded border obverse, rev. struck en medaille, toothed border, crowned quartered square shield within motto, honi . soit . qui mal . y. pense . ., rosette stops, ten strings to Irish harp, Order of the Garter surrounding, date below, number 8 scratched in field next to date, britanniarum regina fid: def:, edge, plain (Davies 636; cf.ESC 742), toned, mint state, of the highest rarity Estimate £ 4,000-5,000PROVENANCEH M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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