Aust. Historical Medals
Lot 795 Session 3 (2.30pm Tue 25th March) Aust. Historical Medals
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $580
INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION MELBOURNE, 1875, Philadelphia, 1876, in bronze (69.5mm), obverse, O.R.Campbell Des - J.Hogarth Fec in line above exergue, below Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, impressed on obverse 'Melbourne 1875' and impressed around edge 'Zoological & Acclimatization Society'. Extremely fine.
Ex Dr John M.Chapman Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 88 (lot 866).
For Angora goats hair grown at Sir Samuel Wilson's Mount Bute Estate.
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