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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 230

Victoria, Bronze Proof Penny, 1862, laureate and draped bust facing left, hair tied in bun, finer hair strands at nape of neck, wreath of 16 leaves, leaf veins raised, no signature, toothed border and thin linear circle both sides, victoria d:g: britt: reg: f: d: rev. Britannia seated right on rocks with convex shield and trident, no signature, date below in exergue, bell-topped lighthouse to left, no rock to left, sea crosses linear circle, ship sailing to right, one penny (Fr. 40 R18, dies 6+G; Peck 1654; S.3954), tiny spot in obverse field, otherwise attractively toned, mint state and extremely rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,500 V M Brand, collection dispersed post mortem from 1932 Mrs E M H Norweb, Spink Auction 59, 17 June 1987, lot 1743 Spink Numismatic Circular, May 1998, item 2672

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