Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 351
George V, Bronze Proof Penny, 1929, small bare head facing left, b.m.on truncation, toothed border both sides, georgivs v dei gra: britt: omn: rex fid: def: ind: imp: rev. Britannia seated right on rocks with shield and trident, thumb further from cross of St. George, date below in exergue, waves more sharply defined, one penny (Fr. 202 R18, dies 5+C; Peck 2272), attractively toned, as struck and extremely rare Estimate £ 300-400 Mrs E M H Norweb, Spink Auction 59, 17 June 1987, lot 1891 Spink Numismatic Circular, May 1998, item 2749
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