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LOT 3870
Group of Thirty Four [34] Great Britain 50 Pence and 2 Pound Coins. 20th century AD.
Various dates. Very Fine to Extremely Fine.(608gr total.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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LOT 3870
Group of Thirty Four [34] Great Britain 50 Pence and 2 Pound Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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London mint. Dated 1827. Design by William Wyon. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to right, date below / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia to right, holding trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in left; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3827. 1.38gr, 16mm, 12h.
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