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Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Penny, 1860, type 2 [1+B], gilt-copper, similar, edge plain, struck en médaille, 11.14gm (Freeman 835 [Sale, lot 273]; BMC 2108, this coin listed; cf. DNW 36, 152). Minor spotting, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, extremely rare and a most interesting pedigree (£250-300)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Magnay Collection of Fractional Farthings and Victorian Pattern Pennies.

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From the family collection started by Thomas Brookes, who was apprenticed to Joseph Moore until 1853; by descent to A.E. Brookes of Brookes & Adams Ltd, Birmingham; acquired by R. Hawkins from Brookes, 1959; ex Hawkins (229). Seen by Peck, Apr. 1960