Lot 5650
Sale 117 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes
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Description
Victoria, unknown militia (?) unit, late 1800s, belt buckles (2), one bronze and one nickel plated, features a central Queen Victoria crown with outer band details, 'Nil.Desperandum.Victoria'. Fine. (2)
Nil Desperandum is Latin for Do Not Despair. There is a Nil Desperandum Mine in Victoria located about 100 kms west of Melbourne on the Yarrowee River. It was worked from 1864-1889 and again from 1906 and 1917.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $140