Wal Shannon Collection - Captain Cook Medals

Sale 114    28–31 Mar 2017   Gallery Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 1929    SESSION 7 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH)    Wal Shannon Collection - Captain Cook Medals

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120

DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK, Discoverer of Australia, (1979), in oxidised silvered (44mm), by C.A.Holman for John Pinches, obverse, bust of Cook half facing, reverse, a fallen Captain Cook with rifle and with native man standing over him; Captain James Cook, Australia Discovery Bicentenary, 1970, in cast bronze (51mm) (C.1970/25), with issue pack; The Circumnavigator Reaches Australia, (1970), in gold plated sterling silver (11.80g; 31mm), obverse, scene of Captain Cook setting foot on shore at Botany Bay; Captain Cook Navigator Extraordinary, (1970), in silver (37.34g; 44mm), by J.Pinches, edge number 1809. Uncirculated. (4)

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