Lot 3991
Sale 109 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes
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Description
Victoria sundry, The Polynesia Company Limited, Melbourne and Fiji, [5th May] 18[69], twenty £2 shares, black on white, vignette of palm trees and island plants left side. With light creases, good very fine and rare.
The Polynesia Company was formed in 1868 with the object of utilising the vast resources of the Islands of the South Pacific by forming an institution upon principles similar to those adopted by the old East India Company. The operations would include banking, trading and the cultivation of cotton, sugar and other tropical productions.
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Passed in