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Sold on 20 June 2006

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The Collection of Victorian Bronze Pennies formed by the Late Laurie Bamford

Laurence John Bamford

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20 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£920

Victoria (1837-1901), 1860 mule, dies Ab, beaded border, lc wyon on truncation, wreath of 15 leaves edged in incuse dots, rev. crosses in shield in three incuse lines, lcw below, 9.32g/12h (Gouby A; Satin 1; Freeman 763 [Sale, lot 234]; Adams –; BMC –; S –). Harshly cleaned and with associated scratches, particularly in the obverse field, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare, very few specimens known (£300-400)

Provenance:
Bt D.G. Barney May 1999.

Gouby states that both this and the next two coins were struck from unadopted trial obverse dies