Lot 2972
Sale 102 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Van Diemen's Land, Read & Bethune, copper printing plate for five shillings, Hobart Town 182- 'Engraved by S. Clayton Sydney' back impressed 'T Shafe/94 Little Moorefields/London' (175 x 90 mm). Housed in protective thick paper envelope or sleeve with a later gloss paper proof printing stuck down, the plate, good very fine and probably unique.
Ex W.D.Crowther estate sale in Tasmania in 1979, previously in Dr.W.L.Crowther's estate. No original printings are known for this issuer. Biographical details of both issuers included in the lot.
- Estimate
- $7,000
- Result Status
- Passed in