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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 688

Victoria, proof Penny in silver, 1841, young head left, rev. Britannia, edge plain (Peck 1481; S.3948), very light surface scratches, small dig on chin, good extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 provenance Glendining, 8 December 1977, lot 494 At the time of the Murdoch sale in 1904, it was thought that these silver proof pennies were struck as presentation pieces to mark the birth of the future Edward VII.

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