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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 238

Victoria, Proof Gothic Florin, 11.32g., 1853, Gothic style crowned bust facing left, w.w. raised below, Victoria d:g:brit: reg: f:d: mdcccliii, border of trefoils and arcs both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, nine strings to Irish harp, cross at centre, emblems in angles within tressure, One florin one tenth of a pound, edge, milled (ESC 809 R2; Davies 724; S.3891), dark attractive tone, mint state, rare Estimate £800-1,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1945 for £3.10/-

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