Special Collections

Sold on 3 February 1999

1 part

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The Magnay Collection of Fractional Farthings and Victorian Pattern Pennies

David Magnay

Lot

№ 291

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3 February 1999

Hammer Price:
£340

Victoria (1837-1901), Restrike Pattern Penny, 1860, type 4 [3+D], gilt-copper, similar, edge plain, struck en médaille, 11.00gm (Freeman 859 [Sale, lot 287, this coin]; BMC –). Characteristic group of rust spots on neck partially polished out, usual minor rust marks in reverse field, brilliant and practically as struck, believed the only known specimen (£350-450)

Ex Freeman (287)