Lot 974
Sale 51 · Australian & World Coins, Military Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Tasmania, Brighton Ploughing Association engraved medal in silver (38mm, 13.0 grams) by Charles Jones of LIverpool St., Hobart. Oberse 'Brighton Ploughing Association in a circle around a plough, reverse 'Prize/for the best/Plough/made in the district/October 6th/1853'. Fine/fair and extremely rare if not unique, the earliest engraved medal from Tasmania.
Sold with a photocopy of the Hobart Town Daily Courier showing J. Staples and Pat Manton won the first prize of Å“5 and the medal.
- Estimate
- $3,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $4,800