( Copies ) Adelaide Five Pounds 1852

[The_Roll_ Man]

I know, I know ....

'There are no known originals' ....

However, I acquired some time ago, a 'coin' that is reputed to be a copy made from the die housed in The Mitchell Library in Sydney ( c. 1950s )

I had it tested once, and it came back as 55% gold

NOT expecting to sell this piece 'sight unseen', thus, welcome genuine interested parties to meet f2f for inspection of this item.

Considering what I paid for it, I'd like to see a firm offer of $1,500. ( for the two items shown )

( starting to find ways to get photos added )

Second item is another type of copy - to show finer detail of the gold piece.

 

[The_Roll_ Man]

Anybody interested in these ?
The copper was purchased at $150. about five years ago.
The gold copy, aside from historical interest at being an 'unauthorised' copy made by a staff member of the Mitchell Library ...
I welcome any 'test' to identify the purity and thus weight of the gold. A price can be negotiated from there.
Would need to be a f2f meeting around Sydney somewhere ...

 

[The_Roll_ Man]

If anybody was interested to know ....

I sold the above for $2,000. on Ebay ( when gold was about $AU4,000. )