Mis-strikes
Lot 73 SESSION 1 (9.30AM TUESDAY 18 MARCH) Mis-strikes
Estimate $500
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SOLD $1,000
GEORGE VI, penny, 1945Y., struck 10 percent off centre; Perth mint penny and halfpenny rimmed blanks each in gilt lettered lucite holder; forgeries in lead of George V florins to threepence, off centre strikes of threepence 1943, 1944S, pennies 1941Y., 1943Y., 1944Y. each tied to descriptive card by C.W. Reed (Adelaide) in 1940's, also reverse brockage 1942 florin in aluminium. Fine - nearly uncirculated. (13)
First three from W.D. Koonce Collection, the Reed items from W.G. Wright Collection.
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