CNG 88, Lot: 2077. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. AR Crown (38mm, 28.33 g, 6h). Young head coinage. London mint. Dually-dated RY VIII and 1845. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, diademed head left; 1845 in exergue / (rosette) BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: (rosette), crowned coat-of-arms within wreath; in exergue, rose between thistle and shamrock. ESC 282; SCBC 3882. EF, some underlying luster and a few light marks.