Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Lot 962 SESSION 3 (John Chapman Collection, 2.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Estimate $200
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SOLD $320
ADELAIDE EXHIBITION, 1881, award medal in silver (30mm), inscribed on reverse 'Chas Hill'. This medal with traces of original coin, extremely fine.
These medals were overstruck on English gothic florins. There were two varieties of the obverse and two of the reverse. Note '1881' serifs or plain, bow of wreath thick or thin.
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