Catalogue
Adelaide Assay Office, gold ingot, electrotype in gilt copper (Hunt Deacon 5), taken from the specimen formerly in the 'Nobleman Collection' and now in the British Museum. Extremely fine.
Estimate $2,000
Passed in
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
Passed in
Adelaide pound, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Well struck for this early die state, good extremely fine and rare, especially in this condition.
Estimate $30,000
Passed in
Adelaide pound, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Early stage of later die state, weakly struck legend on obverse between 1 and 3 o'clock and reverse between 9 and 10 o'clock, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $14,000
SOLD $14,000