Aust. Gold - Sydney Mint Half Sovereigns
Lot 1330 Session 5 (7.30pm Tuesday 18th November) Aust. Gold - Sydney Mint Half Sovereigns
Estimate $40,000
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QUEEN VICTORIA, first type, 1855, with filletted head of Victoria left by James Wyon. Date and obverse legend slightly double entered, two obverse scratches, otherwise good fine and a good example of this rarity, among the finest twelve known.
Originally acquired in Sydney in the 1940s and ex Noble Numismatics Sale 84 (lot 1285A).
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QUEEN VICTORIA, first type, 1855, with filletted head of Victoria left by James Wyon. Date ...
Estimate $40,000
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Lot 1332
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