Adelaide Assay Office
Lot 1415 Adelaide Assay Office
Estimate $15,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $15,200
ADELAIDE POUND, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Practically mint state and very rare thus, overall with an even subdued bloom and well struck from the dies after considerable use, one of the finest known of this die state.
Ex Spink Australia Sales 2 (lot 530) and 4 (lot 430). This coin was acquired from a family in 1978 that had held it since 1852.
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ADELAIDE POUND, first type, 1852, reverse with beaded inner circle and die crack at 12 ...
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Lot 1415 This lot
ADELAIDE POUND, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Practically mint state ...
Estimate $15,000
Lot 1416
ADELAIDE POUND, second type 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Considerable mint bloom, ...
Estimate $12,000
Lot 1417
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