Catalogue
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office pattern issue fourpence in gold (41.00 grams) (1853) by W.J.Taylor, London, from different dies to other known examples (A.781, Heyde R7). The reverse die turned through 90 degrees and was struck again to achieve a deep strike, the obverse only slightly doubled. The only known example and as struck.
Estimate $40,000
SOLD $40,000
Queen Victoria, Sydney Mint proof sovereign, 1866. Scratch between N and E of ONE, otherwise almost mark- free, brilliant, nearly FDC and excessively rare.
Estimate $85,000
SOLD $82,000
Queen Victoria, Sydney Mint proof half sovereign, 1866. Minor surface marks otherwise brilliant nearly FDC and excessively rare.
Estimate $75,000
SOLD $73,000
Queen Victoria, Sydney Mint pattern or specimen two pounds, 1887. Fields scuffed on both sides, underlying brilliance otherwise nearly uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $60,000
SOLD $0