Watch List notes:

British Coins, Victoria, Official Pattern Decimal Coinage, bronze penny – 1/10 shilling, 1857, by the Royal Mint, diademed head l., legend in broad border around, rev. Britannia seated facing r., legend in broad border around (P.1968; F.674 [R18]), a bright lustrous example, certified and graded by NGC as Proof 63 Red Brown, very rare
Peck [BMC] believes this pattern, and those in the following seven lots, to be the work of James Wyon (1804-1868), a cousin of Leonard Charles Wyon, the then Chief Engraver. Michael Freeman devised a system of rarity up to R20 where the coin is considered to be unique.
(700-900 GBP)