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LOT 4072
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Maundy Fourpence. Dated 1898. Old Head type.
VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DED • IND • IMP •, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / Crowned denomination within oak wreath; date in fields. SCBC 3943. Brilliant Uncirculated. Attractive deep old cabinet tone.(1.88gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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