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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 726

Victoria, Proof Halfcrown, 1885,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 595; ESC 714 R3; S.3889), attractively toned, mint state, very rare Estimate £ 1,500-2,000PROVENANCEV M Brand, collection dispersed post mortem from 1932H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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