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LOT 4046
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Sixpence. Dated 1887. Royal mint.
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D:, diademed head to left / Crowned denomination within an oak and olive wreath; date below. SCBC 3912. Brilliant Uncirculated.(2.83gr, 20mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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