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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wprime, post: 2871627, member: 74175&quot;]Just won this: <a href="http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/263226580688" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/263226580688" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/263226580688</a> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Been hunting one of these for so long, this is Spink 3862D, listed only for 1882 and 1883. I have 1880, 1881 and 1883 already, the 1883 is common, probably about 70-80 known, the 1880 about 40, the 1881 about 15, I&#039;ve never seen an 1882 but they&#039;re listed in Spink and Marsh. I&#039;ve never seen an 1886 and this is the first 1887 I&#039;ve seen. The dies were at the mint up to 1887 so they likely were struck but just in such small numbers, and when paired with the survival rate of Sydney gold of the era of about 1 in 100 it&#039;s not too improbable to have survival counts of under 10.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately 1 other bidder spotted it and chased me up in the last minute, they didn&#039;t even get close to touching my proxy bid but did make me pay an extra 3000 pounds or so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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