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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 343

George V, Bronze Penny, 1919H, Heaton Mint, bare head facing left, b.m.on truncation, toothed border both sides, georgivs v dei gra: britt: omn: rex fid: def: ind: imp: last colon points between border teeth, rev. Britannia seated right on rocks with shield and trident, date below in exergue, H to upper left, ripples above second exergue wave, one penny (Fr. 186, dies 2+B; Peck 2256; Gouby H; S.4052), weak strike especially on obverse, with some lustre, toned, uncirculated and rare Estimate £ 200-300 There was in 1920 an urban myth that some gold had been accidentally spilt into the bronze being annealed for the coinage, hence the streaky nature of some of the bronze in circulation like the poor specimen offered in this lot.

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£340