Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)

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Lot 961    SESSION 3 (John Chapman Collection, 2.30pm Tuesday)    Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)

Estimate $200
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SOLD $200

ADELAIDE EXHIBITION, 1881, award medal in silver (30mm), inscribed on reverse 'P.Lorrillard'. With variant obverse and reverse. Extremely fine.

These medals were overstruck on English gothic florins. There were two varieties of the obverse and two of the reverse. Note '1881' serifs or plain, bow of wreath thick or thin.

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