Lot 402
Sale 89 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, The W.G. & L.M. Wright Collection
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Description
Queen Victoria, Jubilee coinage, Sydney Mint pattern two pounds, 1887. Brilliant proof, nearly FDC and excessively rare, possibly the finest known, only one other in private hands to match this piece. An outstanding rarity and a rare opportunity to acquire such an important coin.
Ex Sharp Pixley Collection, Spink Australia Sale 30 (lot 1313), previously from Murdoch (1903), Whetmore (1943) and Captain Vivien Hewitt Collections and Spink Australia Sale 3 (lot 296).
- Estimate
- $150,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $100,000