• Title
  Item 0648: South Australian one pound gold coin, 1852
• Call number
  SAFE/DN/C 648
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1852
• Type of material
  Coins
• Reference code
  825825
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 coin - gold
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Due to security reasons this collection is not available for browsing
• Published Information
  Fully described and illustrated in J. Hunt Deacon, no. 7 and No. 2, and Andrews, no. 720.¶¶Australasian tokens and coins : a handbook / by ... A. Andrews ; issued by the ... Mitchell Library (Sydney : Govt. Printer, 1921)¶¶The Ingots and Assay Office Pieces of South Australia / by J. Hunt Deacon (Melbourne : Hawthorn Press, [1954?])¶¶Collecting and investing in Australian coins and banknotes / written ... by Greg McDonald 2nd ed. (Umina Beach, N.S.W. : G. McDonald, 1992)
• General note
  
  Australia, Assay Office. Gold. Andrews Number 725.
  Pound Piece. 1852. 23mm. Pl 57.
  Obverse - In the centre a crown over 1852. The inner circle crenelated inside and beaded outside. Round between it and the beaded rim, GOVERNMENT ASSAY OFFICE above, ADELAIDE below. Reverse - The second die. Has in the centre VALUE / ONE / POUND in three lines without bars, the inner circle is crenelated internally and beaded externally. The legend in the outer circle as No. 724.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  South Australia. Government Assay Office
  
• Subject
  Coins, Australian
  
• Topic
  gold
  ingots
  currency
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE12856169

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