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Victoria (1837-1901), 1861, dies Fd, in bronze on a heavy flan, lc wyon below truncation, leaf midribs raised, rev. lcw below shield, edge plain, 11.32g/12h (Gouby W; F 23 [dies 4+D; Sale, lot 16]; Adams 217; BMC 1640). Brilliant and toned with wonderful reflective cameo surfaces, extremely rare; believed only eight known specimens (£800-1,000)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Victorian Bronze Pennies formed by the Late Laurie Bamford.

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Provenance:
Revd. E. Rogers Collection
C.W. Peck Collection
Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, Part IV, Spink Auction 59, 17 June 1987, lot 1739
Bt Spink March 2004, and previously removed from a PCGS slab where it was graded PR 66 BN.

Struck in January 1861 as part of an experiment to determine whether the weight standard of the new bronze coins should be altered to in order to coin 40 instead of 48 pieces to the pound avoirdupois