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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 154

Victoria, Copper Penny, 1860, 60 over 59, 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 1521; S.3948), the 6 weakly struck due to overstrike and some evidence of die clashing, with a little lustre, a couple of light digs, good extremely fine and one of the key dates of this series, extremely rare Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 Bought Spink, 14 December 1986 Spink America Auction, 20 May 1995, lot 1399

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