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№ 852 x

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21 March 2016

Hammer Price:
£650

Victoria, Maundy set, 1839, 6h (ESC 3482; S 3916) [4]. Almost certainly an impaired Proof set, extremely fine or better, matching dark tone £400-500

Although the coins have the appearance of proofs, neither Bull in ESC or Hailstone, who is careful in recording the die axes of entries in the Standard Catalogue, mention the existence of proof Maundy coins struck en medaille. Robinson in his work on Maundy money makes no mention of the matter one way or the other