The COINEX Sale: Important British, Italian and World Coins

Victoria (1837-1901), Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Half Decimal Penny, 1859, by L.C. Wyon, in aluminium-bronze, bust left with jewelled diadem, rosette between two pellets below, rev. half decimal penny in three lines within ornate border, 8.59g/12h (BMC 2002; F 710 [Sale, lot 208]; cf. Norweb 683 [= St James’s 3, 293]). Good extremely fine and brilliant, extremely rare (£500-700)