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Victoria (1837-1901), 1860, restrike by J. Moore for E. Shorthouse, type 1, in dark copper, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 10.52g/12h (cf. F 831 [dies 2+A]; BMC –; cf. Magnay 267; Adams 160, this coin). Characteristic group of rust spots on neck and by olive branch, virtually as struck, deeply and most attractively toned, extremely rare (£300-350)

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:
C. Adams Collection, Spink Auction 164, 23 July 2003, lot 160.

Surviving documentation would indicate that the restrikes were made to the order of the Edgbaston collector Edmund Shorthouse (c. 1837-1916) by the diesinker Joseph Moore (1817-92) at Moore’s premises, 13 Pitsford street, Hockley, Birmingham, in late 1886, after which, on 15 December of that year, at least four of the dies were ‘irrevocably destroyed’ (BMC pp.483-6)