Description
Victoria (1837-1901), Bronzed Proof Copper Penny, 1839, young head facing left, date below, W.W. on truncation, toothed border both sides, legend reads VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. Rev, Britannia seated right with trident and shield, legend surrounds BRITANNIAR: REG: FID: DEF: emblems in exergue, edge plain (BMC. 1479; S.3948).
About as struck, some marks in the fields synonymous with the issue, a scarcer date becoming increasingly rare.