Details
LOT 4033
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AE Farthing. Dated 1898. Royal mint. Old Head coinage.
VICTORIA DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DEF • IND • IMP •, crowned and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / FARTHING, Britannia seated to right, holding trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand, date in exergue. Freeman 576; SCBC 3964. Almost Uncirculated.(2.81gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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