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№ 379

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28 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£620

Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Decimal Halfpenny, 1857, unsigned [by L.C. Wyon], in bronze, bust left with jewelled diadem, rose below, rev. Britannia seated right, date in Roman numerals, edge plain, 5.22g/12h (BMC 1973; F 675). A trifle streaky, otherwise extremely fine with virtually full original colour, very rare (£250-300)

Provenance:
M.J. Freeman Collection, Christie’s Auction, 23 October 1984, lot 188
bt G. Monk