Lot 1561B

Sale 57 · Important Australian & World Coins, Military Medals & Banknotes

Queen Victoria, Sydney Mint pattern half sovereign, 1856, with second obverse by L. C. Wyon as in the previous lot, edge plain. A brilliant and frosted proof, abrasion mark on cheek and contact mark near E of REG: otherwise nearly FDC/FDC and extremely rare.