Aust. Historical Medals
Lot 818 Session 3 (2.30pm Tue 25th March) Aust. Historical Medals
Estimate $1,250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $900
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1880, Foundation Stone, commemoration medal in gold (22mm, 8.1g) by (E.Altmann), inscribed on reverse 'W.B.Jones Esq. / J.P. / Commissioner / 19/2/79' (C.1880/12). Peripheral die break on obverse, good fine and rare in gold.
Ex Dr John M.Chapman Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 88 (lot 942).
See article by John Sharples in the NAA journal vol 1, 1985, p55.
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Lot 817
EXHIBITION SOUVENIR, 1880, in silver (22mm) (C.1880/5); Tour Eiffel, Exhibition at Paris, 1889, in silver ...
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Lot 818 This lot
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1880, Foundation Stone, commemoration medal in gold (22mm, 8.1g) by (E.Altmann), inscribed ...
Estimate $1,250
Lot 819
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1880, in silver (22mm) (C.1880/18); Victoria's Jubilee, 1887, in silver (22mm) (C.1887/54); ...
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