Gold Patterns and Proofs
Lot 402 SESSION 2 (7.30pm Tuesday) Gold Patterns and Proofs
Estimate $150,000
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SOLD $100,000
QUEEN VICTORIA, Jubilee coinage, Sydney Mint pattern two pounds, 1887. Brilliant proof, nearly FDC and excessively rare, possibly the finest known, only one other in private hands to match this piece. An outstanding rarity and a rare opportunity to acquire such an important coin.
Ex Sharp Pixley Collection, Spink Australia Sale 30 (lot 1313), previously from Murdoch (1903), Whetmore (1943) and Captain Vivien Hewitt Collections and Spink Australia Sale 3 (lot 296).
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Lot 402 This lot
QUEEN VICTORIA, Jubilee coinage, Sydney Mint pattern two pounds, 1887. Brilliant proof, nearly FDC and ...
Estimate $150,000
Lot 403
QUEEN VICTORIA, Melbourne Mint, proof young head half sovereign, 1884. Brilliant and frosted proof, FDC ...
Estimate $75,000
Lot 404
QUEEN VICTORIA, Melbourne Mint, pattern Jubilee head half sovereign, 1887 (McD 33b) struck in platinum ...
Estimate $35,000