Australian Historical Medals
Lot 906 Session 3 (2.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE, medals, tokens and coins, noted issues C.1932/1, 2, 3, 4, including a unique silver issue of the Sydney Harbour Bridge/Marcus Clark Big Store medal (C.1932/3), also a reworked version of a medal struck on planchet made from surplus Bridge rivets (C.ZS2), reworked on obverse and with Australia 1932 added, possibly unique, another scarce medal is the bronze Carl Veen/Sydney Harbour Bridge Jubilee Medal (C.1982/32) in 2x2 holder marked 'only 21 struck' and signed C.Veen, a further Carl Veen issue features the same design but detail under bridge altered to '1987/No Toll', various other medals, tokens and coins featuring the bridge, several in silver and a gold issue from the Perth Mint, one twenty fifth ounce fine gold twenty five dollars, 2007. Stored in a coin album, some very fine but mostly uncirculated. (44)
The Marcus Clark issue ex D.Allen and previously Dr J.Chapman Collection (Noble Numismatics Sale 88B lot 1270) and the Carl Veen Collection.
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