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India, Madras Presidency, gold pagoda (c1810) (KM.356). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
India, Madras Presidency, gold pagoda (c1810) (KM.356). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $450
Mexico, Philip V, eight reales, pillar type, 1740FM, Mexico City Mint (KM.103). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $370
Mexico, Philip V, eight reales 1741MF (KM.103) (26.44g). Re-toned, good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Mexico, Ferdinand VI, eight reales, 1759MM (KM.104.2) (26.66g). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Mexico, Charles IIII, eight reales, 1794FM (KM.109) (26.80g). Good very fine with mint bloom.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Netherlands, Holland, gold ducat, 1772 (KM.12.3). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Netherlands, Holland, gulden, 1762 (KM.73); Westfrisia, gulden, 1791/81 overdate (KM.97.5). Extremely fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Peru, Charles III, eight reales, 1776MJ (KM.78). Toned, very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Spain, Charles III, four escudos, 1787DV (Madrid) (13.38g) (KM.418.1a). Good very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $900
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck on a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight reales, 1798FM (dies II/6; B/3, Mira-Noble 1798/8, Spalding 73). Some oxidation and scratches on obverse at 10 to 11 o'clock, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $30,000
SOLD $36,000
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck on a Charles IIII Potosi Mint eight reales, 1805PJ (dies II/1; B/8, Mira-Noble 1805/24, Spalding 154). Evenly worn, lightly toned, countermarks clear, fine and rare.
Estimate $35,000
SOLD $39,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1), traces of the reverse of the Spanish American eight reales on the reverse. Deep gun metal grey toned, well struck up on the obverse, good very fine with obverse being nearly extremely fine on the right hand side, a most attractive example of Australia's first coin.
Estimate $45,000
Passed in
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies D/2). Attractive dark grey toned, nearly extremely fine and very rare, one of the finest known.
Estimate $45,000
Passed in
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies D/2) struck over the centre of a Charles III eight reales. Traces of obverse bust on obverse, reverse arms clear on reverse, slightly off-centre with tight collar causing part of right obverse legend to be off flan, attractive dark toned, good very fine with clear H (for Henshall) on the reverse, nearly always absent on this variety, very rare as such.
Estimate $40,000
Passed in
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1). Traces of reverse of original coin on the obverse, edge dents on both sides, old cut at top of obverse, otherwise well struck up, good very fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $15,000
SOLD $12,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1). Toned, nearly very fine except for dents on reverse field.
Estimate $10,000
SOLD $9,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813, a contemporary forgery in copper, uneven edge with much upright milling or graining (see Mira plate 1, also see Sale 89B, lot 1882). Fine for this, struck on a cast blank from false dies or mould, rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,200
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813, contemporary counterfeit in copper with plain or smoothed edge. Pitted, otherwise fair and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Adelaide pound, first type, 1852, with beaded inner circle and die break at 12 o'clock on reverse, wide edge graining (type 1b). Well struck extremely fine with high rims and deep edge graining, extremely rare in this condition.
Estimate $110,000
SOLD $93,000
Adelaide pound, first type, 1852, with beaded inner circle on the reverse and ever present die break at top, wide edge graining (8.25g). Has been mounted and polished, otherwise nearly fine and very rare.
Estimate $20,000
SOLD $16,000
Adelaide pound, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse (8.70g). Early die state, mount has been removed at top and milling re-cut there, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $12,500
SOLD $10,000
Adelaide pound, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Early die state, surface marks, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $12,500
SOLD $13,000
Queen Victoria, first type, 1855, with filletted head of Victoria left by James Wyon. High rims, some mint bloom, good extremely fine and very rare as such, an outstanding type coin and Australia's first sovereign.
Estimate $30,000
SOLD $30,000
Queen Victoria, first type, 1855, with filletted head of Victoria left by James Wyon. Minor rim and surface marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine with underlying mint bloom.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $5,200
Queen Victoria, first type, 1855. Nearly extremely fine and rare thus.
Estimate $6,000
Passed in
Queen Victoria, first type, 1855. Minor surface marks, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,400
Queen Victoria, first type, 1856. Rim nicks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,900
Queen Victoria, second type, 1857. Nearly fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $450
Queen Victoria, second type, 1858. Scratch on cheek, severe filing at top of obverse rim, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $600