Aust. Commonwealth - Pennies
Lot 1646 Session 5 (7:30pm Tuesday) Aust. Commonwealth - Pennies
Estimate $30,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $51,000
GEORGE V, 1930, Indian die. Obverse rim bruises at 9.30 and 3 o'clock, cleaned of patina, orange red metal colour with toned high points, full centre diamond and eight clear pearls, nearly extremely fine/extremely fine and extremely rare in this condition, the third finest currency coin we have handled and as such of great importance.
Ex Spink Australia Sale 12, 4 April 1984 (lot 772) when it was bought for an important collection in Perth which was later sold en bloc in Sale 26 (lot 905) to Richard Williams (whose collection was sold in Sale 35) but with the exception of this 1930 penny.
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Lot 1644
GEORGE V, 1929, London die. Obverse peripheral die breaks, minor rim bruise, cleaned of patina, ...
Estimate $150
Lot 1645
GEORGE V, 1929, Indian die. Cleaned of patina, raw red metal colour with some re-toning, ...
Estimate $200
Lot 1646 This lot
GEORGE V, 1930, Indian die. Obverse rim bruises at 9.30 and 3 o'clock, cleaned of ...
Estimate $30,000
Lot 1647
GEORGE V, 1931 dropped 1, Indian die. Rim bruise, brown patina, good fine and very ...
Estimate $2,000
Lot 1648
GEORGE V, 1931, London die. Cleaned of patina, raw red metal colour, toning on high ...
Estimate $150