THE VERENE COLLECTION OF BRITISH PROOFS
Lot 2603 SESSION 10 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 27TH JULY) THE VERENE COLLECTION OF BRITISH PROOFS
Estimate $3,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $3,200
1853 PATTERN GROAT, Victoria, 1837-1901. S-3913, ESC-not listed. (VR) Davies- not listed (Dies 2 A) 1.89g. Straight-grained edge. Provence ex Major A.W. Foster ^Obverse - Obverse (no W.W. and no striations on truncation) -young head with lowest hair wave covering the top of the ear, which has a pronounced lobe. A long thick curve to the hair at the bottom of the chignon forms an almost complete circle. The chignon is dense with minimal openings. Wide flat rim. G letters have both left and right serifs.^Britannia above date and with value on sides. There is a sharp end to the top horizontal bar of the 5 numeral in the date, a doubling of letters FoUR peNce, broad flat rim.^Gem die and iridescent proof FDC and very rare.
Ex Major A.W.Foster Collection, Glendinings 1953 (lot ???).
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Lot 2602
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Estimate $3,000
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