Aust. Commonwealth - Patterns & Proofs
Lot 1440 Session 5 (7.30pm Tuesday 18th November) Aust. Commonwealth - Patterns & Proofs
Estimate $60,000
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SOLD $55,000
QUEEN VICTORIA, Melbourne Mint proof or pattern half sovereign, 1898M. A brilliant and frosted proof, a minute contact mark in front of the forehead, otherwise FDC and excessively rare.
This date was not struck for circulation, Murdoch held two specimens, this is in all probability one of them.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 89A (lot 406).
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