Sydney Mint Half Sovereigns
Lot 620 SESSION 5 (7.30PM TUESDAY 22ND NOV) Sydney Mint Half Sovereigns
Estimate $40,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $50,000
QUEEN VICTORIA, first type, 1855, with filletted head left by James Wyon. Relatively unworn, however with surface marks commensurate with damage from being scratched on a roadside, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare in this condition.
Found by a truck driver on the road near an orphanage near Rockhampton in the early 1970s.
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QUEEN VICTORIA, first type, 1855, with filletted head left by James Wyon. Relatively unworn, however ...
Estimate $40,000
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