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Adelaide pound, first type, 1852, with beaded inner circle on reverse and die crack, wide edge milling or graining. Well struck, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $165,000
SOLD $0
Adelaide pound, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Minor hairline scratches to left of crown, early die state, extremely fine.
Estimate $40,000
SOLD $0
Adelaide pound, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Late die state with five dots above 22 on reverse, soft strike with die rust evident, minor surface marks otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $30,000
SOLD $0
Adelaide pound, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on reverse. Early die state, hairline scratch on reverse, reverse rim bruise at 11.30, has been brushed to clean, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $25,000
SOLD $18,000
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, pattern shilling by W.J. Taylor in silver, milled edge (5.38 grams) (A.790). Toned, brilliant proof-like specimen, FDC and extremely rare, one of the finest known.
Estimate $25,000
SOLD $38,000
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, pattern twopence, undated (1853) by W.J.Taylor, in copper from the obverse of A.573, the reverse having a figure 2 on a trellised base and surrounded by a broad raised rim with two pence in relief. Nearly FDC and excessively rare, only three known.
Estimate $25,000
SOLD $30,000
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, pattern halfpenny, undated (1853) by W.J.Taylor (A.782). Edge knocks, otherwise very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $10,000
SOLD $11,000
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, pattern halfpenny, undated and without the maker's mark in exergue (A.783). Extremely fine and the only one in a private collection.
Estimate $12,500
SOLD $0
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, medal in white metal (38mm) by W.J.Taylor (C.V/2, A.784a). Some brilliance, extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $0
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, half ounce in gilt copper muled with Stokes medalet reverse. A later striking by Stokes, circa 1918. Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,500
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, official restrikes of the original 'Kangaroo Office' dies, consisting of eight uniface strikes of the obverse and reverse of the two ounce, one ounce, half ounce (reverse only), quarter ounce and advertising check (reverse only). As struck. (8)
Estimate $40,000
SOLD $0
Port Phillip, Kangaroo Office, half ounce uniface squeezes (3) on lead blanks (37mm and 29mm) and aluminium (27mm), produced by Thomas Stokes at their Brunswick factory c.1968, all squeezes from same die. Oxidisation on first squeeze, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,800