Lot 2642

Sale 95 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, The Robb Family Collection

Description

Only issue, proof twenty pounds, uniface, no branch domicile or date, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co. London, SPECIMEN stamped below in 'Chief Manager' area (Robb.I.16b; L.-; P.S-). Dirty and scuffed with rough edges, otherwise very fine.

Robb states this to be a minor sub-type of the first issue, whereas Pick describes it as a 'second issue' prepared but never released. Ex Perkins Bacon Archive, Spink (Melbourne) Sale, 23 May 1995 (lot 1120).

Estimate
$4,000
Result Status
Passed in

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