Special Collections

Sold on 3 February 1999

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The Magnay Collection of Fractional Farthings and Victorian Pattern Pennies

David Magnay

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№ 232

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3 February 1999

Hammer Price:
£230

Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Half-Farthing, 1853, copper, edge plain, struck en médaille, 2.31gm (BMC 1601; SC 60; S 3951; cf. Norweb 1843; cf. R.J. Ford 124). Minor hairlines and two light spots on reverse, otherwise brilliant, rare (£120-140)

Bt Minshull May 1973