Aust Historical Medals
Lot 553 Session 2 (11.30am Wednesday) Aust Historical Medals
Estimate $1,250
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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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