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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 73105, member: 1824&quot;]I have got an 1865 Sydney Mint 1/2 Sovereign,which has this very</p><p>distinctive reverse.I bought it off my boss as scrap gold,but I showed the coin later on to his twin brother,who runs a coin shop in Auckland.He told me that the 1865 is a really scarce date.I was very lucky to have got this coin,as Australia had a shortage of coins in the 1860&#039;s,&amp; were forced to utilise traders&#039; tokens,which were mostly 1/2d.&#039;s &amp; 1d.&#039;s,but a couple of traders issued 3d.&#039;s.</p><p>Hogarth,Erichsen,&amp; Co. of Sydney issued 3d.&#039;s in 1858 &amp; 1860.The coins were struck in very poor quality silver,but they are very scarce.The 1860 &#039;Remembrance&#039; type turns up occasionally.Hogarth,Erichsen,&amp; Co. were the only token issuer to have issued a currency consisting solely of 3d.&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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