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LOT 4015
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria CU Halfpenny. Dated 1853. Royal mint.
Designs by William Wyon. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, young head of Victoria to left; W:W. in small lettering on truncation; date below. / BRITANNIAR: REG: FID: DEF:, Britannia seated to right, holding trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3949. Extremely Fine.(9.44gr, 28mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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