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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 234

Victoria, Proof Crown, 28.05g., 1847, Gothic style crowned bust facing left, incuse ww on truncation, Victoria dei gratia britanniar.reg:f:d., trefoil border both sides, teeth under bust, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, nine strings to Irish harp, garter star at centre, emblems in angles within tressure, tueatur unita deus anno dom mdcccxlvii, edge, plain (ESC 291; L&S 59; Davies 471; S.3883), very attractively toned, with die flawed a in unita, a tiny hairline on cheek, otherwise beautiful mint state, rare Estimate £2,000-2,500 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £2.10/-

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