Details
LOT 4166
Jersey. George VI AE 1/12th Shilling. Dated 1945.
+ GEORGIVS VI DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF:, crowned head to left; PM in small lettering beneath truncation / ISLAND OF JERSEY above coat-of-arms, ONE TWELFTH OF A SHILLING and LIBERATED 1945 below. KM 19. Extremely Fine.(9.47gr, 31mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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