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Victoria (1837-1901), Contemporary forgery: 1864, 8.35g/11h. Of competent yet somewhat naïve style, weakness in bodice (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise about very fine, unusual (£20-30)
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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Collection
Relatively few forgeries of Victorian bronze pennies seem to have survived; as Michael Freeman observed (p.16), the effort of making counterfeits must ‘have seldom been worth the effort.’ This one is characterised by its small lettering
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