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LOT 4061
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Florin. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee Head type.
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm and Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITT: REG: FID: DEF:, crowned cruciform shields around Star of the Garter, sceptres in angles; date with Roman I above. Bull 2953; ESC 868; SCBC 3925. Good Very Fine. Toned.(11.27gr, 29mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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