Details
LOT 4059
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Halfcrown. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee Head type.
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned arms within Garter inscribed HONI • SOIT • QUI MAL • Y • PENSE •• and wreath; date below. Bull 2771; ESC 719; SCBC 3924. Extremely Fine.(14.15gr, 32mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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