Lot 3703

Description

Australia, Queen Victoria, pattern crown set, 1887, as a collection of 10 trial coins made at the start of the Patina retro pattern series by INA Ltd to test dies and the use of specific metals, one of only ten sets made. FDC. (10)

All coins have Joseph Edgar Boehm’s classic ’Jubilee’ portrait of the Queen facing left, coupled with a plain reverse inscribed with the word ’MODEL’ placed horizontally across the diameter. The other pieces have a design which features a map of Australia, crowned, with a standing kangaroo and emu. The design is based on Bonomi’s patterns, and demonstrates how Bonomi’s incuse designs could have looked on colonial coinage. The collection consists of 2 pieces (obv. and rev.) in proof .925 sterling silver, 2 pieces (obv. and rev.) in piedfort copper, 2 pieces (obv. and rev.) in bright pewter, 2 pieces (obv. and rev.) in golden alloy, and 2 pieces (obv. and rev.) in nickel silver.