Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1739 x

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26 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£1,600

Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Penny, 1861, dies Fd, in bronze on a heavy flan, lc wyon below truncation, leaf midribs raised, rev. lcw below shield, edge plain, 11.16g/12h (Gouby VP 13; F 23 [dies 4+D; Sale, lot 16]; Bamford 170; Adams 217; BMC 1640). Tiny graze in obverse field and other associated light hairlines, otherwise brilliant and toned with reflective fields, extremely rare; believed only eight known specimens £1,000-1,500