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Lot 553    Session 2 (11.30am Wednesday)    Aust Historical Medals

Estimate $1,250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $3,200

CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, memorial medal, trial striking of the reverse die in lead (or tin) 1748 by L. Pingo for the Royal Society (MH;374 BHM 258). Extremely fine and excessively rare.

Ex John J Ford Collection (part 14, lot 477)

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