Lot 1329
Sale 102 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, gold quarter ounce, 1853 (7.646 grams). Has been plugged near top and mounted, strong traces of edge milling remain, fair and extremely rare, one of only seven known.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 88 (lot 1452). The provenances of other known examples are as follows: 1. British Museum - acquired in 1861. 2. Art Gallery of South Australia. 3. Montagu 1892, Murdoch 1903, Nobleman 1922, A.H.F. Baldwin Collection, Spink Australia Sale Nov. 1978 (lot 534), Spink Noble Numismatics Sale 39 (lot 1041). 4. Farouk, 1954, J.J. Pittman (stolen and presumed lost). 5. Sotheby February 1977, Spink Australia Nov. 1981, Downies May 1987. 6. Sotheby June 1899 sale, Murdoch 1903 (duplicate), Glendining's 1967.
- Estimate
- $10,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $12,600