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LOT 4050
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Groat. Dated 1845. Royal mint.
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left / Seated Britannia holding trident, shield with the Union flag beside; date below in exergue; FOUR PENCE around. Bull 3337; ESC 1940; SCBC 3913. Near Brilliant Uncirculated. Toned.(1.88gr, 16mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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