Port Phillip Gold Issue

Sale 88    22–24 Jul 2008   Dallas Brooks Centre   Melbourne

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Lot 1452    SESSION 5 (7.30pm Tuesday)    Port Phillip Gold Issue

Estimate $10,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $10,000

PORT PHILLIP, Kangaroo Office, gold quarter ounce, 1853 (7.646 grams). Has been plugged near top and mounted, strong traces of edge milling remain, fair and extremely rare, one of only seven known, this being a previously unknown example.

The provenances of other known examples are as follows: 1. British Museum - acquired in 1861. 2. Art Gallery of

South Australia. 3. Montagu 1892, Murdoch 1903, Nobleman 1922, A.H.F. Baldwin Collection, Spink Australia Sale Nov.

1978 (lot 534), Spink Noble Numismatics Sale 39 (lot 1041). 4. Farouk, 1954, J.J. Pittman (stolen and presumed

lost). 5. Sotheby February 1977, Spink Australia Nov. 1981, Downies May 1987. 6. Sotheby June 1899 sale, Murdoch

1903 (duplicate), Glendining's 1967.

Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.

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