Lot 660

Sale 111 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes (40th Anniversary Sale)

Description

Intercolonial Exhibition, Victoria, 1866-67, in bronze (220mm) uniface electrotype by C.Summers, awarded to 'J.Politz & Co', impressd in relief. Mounted in a wooden frame (glazed), good extremely fine.

J.Politz & Co, tobacco merchants of Bourke Street, Melbourne, Class III, Section 7, entry 197, award for tobacco. Julius Politz, originally from America, set up the first tobacco plantation in Victoria in 1862 at Tirhatuan Farm on Melbourne's outskirts.

Estimate
$1,500
Result Status
Passed in

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