Syd Mint Half Sovereigns

Sale 71    20–22 Nov 2002   Wentworth Hotel   Sydney

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Lot 1308    Session 5 (7.30pm Wednesday)    Syd Mint Half Sovereigns

Estimate $12,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $16,200

QUEEN VICTORIA, first type, 1855, with filletted head left by James Wyon. Two rim nicks at 8 and 9 o'clock on the obverse, a few scrape marks otherwise nearly very fine and extremely rare thus.

The obverse legend and the date re-entered in the die when being punched giving slight doubling, also full stop after the date slightly higher. This is the only such example the cataloguer has noticed with this peculiarity. It is now likely a second working die was employed to replace the one this coin was struck from. This coin has not previously been on the market.

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