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LOT 2862
English Milled Coins - Victoria - 1859 - Silvered Halfpenny Dated 1859 A.D.
Obv: profile bust with date below and VICTORIA DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: Britannia seated with BRITANNIAR REG FID DEF legend; emblems in exergue. Good extremely fine.(9.45 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a North London gentleman.
With a coin ticket,
Literature
S. 3949; Peck 1551 (see note for bronzed and gilded specimens of some halfpennies).
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LOT 2862
English Milled Coins - Victoria - 1859 - Silvered Halfpenny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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