Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 150
Victoria, Proof Copper Penny, 1859, ornamental trident, colon far from def : young filleted head facing left, no W.W. on truncation, date below, victoria dei gratia rev.Britannia seated right with shield and ornamental trident, emblems below in exergue, britanniar: reg: fid: def : (Peck 1520; S.3948), dark attractive tone, as struck and extremely rare Estimate £ 800-1,000 Sotheby, 30 March 1995, lot 278
Sold for
£1,850