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Cape Colony: Boer War: 'MAFEKING" Queen Victoria Penny

Cape Colony: Boer War: 'MAFEKING" Queen Victoria PennyCape Colony: Boer War: 'MAFEKING" Queen Victoria Penny
Form: Circular
By: ?
Date: 1900
Ref:  Laidlaw: 1210;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
31.0 mmBronze with Gilt Wash9.5 gm$30

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Obverse of an Old-Head Queen Victoria Penny.

Reverse: Reverse of an Old-Head Queen Victoria Penny showing Britannia, dated: "1900". Stamped diagonally: "MAFEKING"

Notes: Stamped applied in Mafeking after the lifting of the siege as a souvenir.