Aust. Commonwealth - Halfpennies - The Dennis Gardner
Lot 5000 Session 15 (7.30pm Thur 25 Nov) Aust. Commonwealth - Halfpennies - The Dennis Gardner C
Estimate $80,000
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SOLD $91,000
GEORGE V, 1916I mule, struck from Indian quarter anna obverse die at Calcutta in error (5.54 grams). Even brown patina, very fine with planchet hairline cracking in centre, two reverse rim nicks and a bruise, one of the finest seen and excessively rare, the rarest circulation coin in the entire Australian series.
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Estimate $80,000
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