Aust. Commonwealth - Patterns & Proofs
Lot 1769 Session 7 (7:30pm Tuesday 26th July) Aust. Commonwealth - Patterns & Proofs
Estimate $40,000
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SOLD $40,000
QUEEN VICTORIA, Sydney Mint half sovereign, pattern of second type, 1855, with wreathed head by L.C.Wyon. Trace of mint bloom in the lettering and devices, scratched to left of crown, a circulated example, nearly very fine and excessively rare.
Ex Spink Australia Sale 15 (lot 474), sold with a Certificate of Authenticity from Barrie Winsor of Winsor & Sons, dated 18 July 2007.
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