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LOT 096
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150
Victoria - Gold Melbourne Sovereign - 1885M
Dated 1885. Young head with M below for Melbourne mint, dies ↑↓. Obv: with VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D: legend. Rev: St George and dragon with date 1885 in exergue. 7.97 grams.
Brilliant uncirculated, with minor abrasions.
PROVENANCE:
Part of an 1885 gold/silver year set recovered from beneath a foundation stone in Chatham some forty years ago (see other lots for the rest of these coins).
LITERATURE:
S. 3857B; M. 107.
