Aust Historical Medals
Lot 974 Aust Historical Medals
Estimate $3,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $4,800
TASMANIA, Brighton Ploughing Association engraved medal in silver (38mm, 13.0 grams) by Charles Jones of LIverpool St., Hobart. Oberse 'Brighton Ploughing Association in a circle around a plough, reverse 'Prize/for the best/Plough/made in the district/October 6th/1853'. Fine/fair and extremely rare if not unique, the earliest engraved medal from Tasmania.
Sold with a photocopy of the Hobart Town Daily Courier showing J. Staples and Pat Manton won the first prize of Å“5 and the medal.
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