Australian & NZ Tokens
Lot 776 Session 3 (2.30pm Tue 23 Nov) Australian & NZ Tokens
Estimate $25,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $24,000
(PEEK & Campbell), Tea Stores, Sydney, penny, 1852 (A.427) by J.C Thornthwaite. Struck in high relief, the obverse clear, reverse slightly doubled, even light choclate brown patina, hints of verdigris at reverse rim 9.30 o'clock, trace of old scratching in field behind Britannia otherwise good extremely fine and extremely rare, the finest or equal to the finest of six known.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 83 (lot 1061) and originally from the family of Samuel Peek. This specimen was sold on behalf of descendants of Samuel Peek. It was shown to the cataloguer at the ANS Exhibition at Sydney Town Hall in February 1966 where it was photographed by G.C Heyde for his work, Unofficial Coins of Australia and New Zealand, published by Renniks, Adelaide 1966 and illustrated on page 42. It is one of the classics of the entire series.
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