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LOT 4063
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Shilling. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. Jubilee Head type.
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT : REGINA F: D:, crowned and draped bust head to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / Crowned square shield within Garter inscribed HONI ✿ SOIT ✿ QUI MAL ✿ Y ✿ PENSE ✿✿✿; date below. Bull 3137; ESC 1351; SCBC 3926. Good Very Fine. Toned.(5.64gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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