Australia 1872-S 1/2 sovereign
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This specimen was lot 33350 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,170. The catalog description[1] noted, "Australia. Victoria gold 1/2 Sovereign 1872-S AU58 NGC, Sydney mint, Victoria's nose points to 'T' in legend. Delightfully fresh and lustrous, with the light friction to the Queen's hair limiting this adorable example from Mint State designation; decidedly scarce when encountered this nice." This is a common date of a scarce type issued 1871-87. The SCWC notes it as twice the price of the sovereign of 1871-87. It was also minted at Melbourne, starting in 1873.
Recorded mintage: 356,000.
Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-13, KM 5, S-3862A, Marsh-461 (S).
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- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.
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