Lot 750
Sale 97 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
New South Wales - South Australia - Victoria, River Murray Steam Navigation and Commerce, 1853, in bronze (77mm) struck in England by the Royal Mint (L.C.Wyon)(C.1853/1). Edge bruise between 8 and 9 o'clock on obverse and 2 o'clock on reverse, extremely fine and extremely rare.
Three gold medals were struck one for each of the following, Captain Francis Cadell, the Governor Sir Henry Fox Young and one to be held with records of the Legislature of South Australia. None of these gold medals seem to have survived. Less than six of the original bronze medals have been recorded.
- Estimate
- $60,000
- Result Status
- Passed in