Lot 1388

Sale 99 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Description

New South Wales, contemporary forgery of a fifteen pence or dump, c1830s, made to simulate a worn dump then in circulation, only the crown is on the die, thin flan and edge with straight graining (2.94 grams). Worn or made worn, fair and the only example we have seen.

Acquired from a South American collector.

Estimate
$500
Result Status
Passed in

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