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Auction 1  25 Sep 2018
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Lot 146

Estimate: 600 GBP
Price realized: 650 GBP
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Victoria (1837-1901), bronze Farthing, 1860 TB/BB mule, with five berry obverse, "bun" type laureate and draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:, rev. Britannia seated right on rock with trident and shield, lighthouse to left, ship to right, date in exergue, denomination in words and beaded border surrounding (Peck -; Fr.- dies 3+A R20; cf.S.3958). Toned, graded and slabbed by CGS UK as CGS VF 40, of the highest rarity, the five berry obverse TB/BB mule unknown to Peck and Freeman, very few known, at the time of the Mangahas sale sited below only two were known to exist.
CGS UK certification 21221 – FA.V1.1860.09 – Mule 5 Ber.

Provenance:
Ex Mangahas Collection, Croydon Coin Auction, 2005 sold as the finer of only two known.
Ex The Oxford Collection, Colin Cooke Ltd, Manchester, April 2008, lot 140.

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