Posted 01/14/2021 8:24 pm
I can remember when the Quartermaster Collection came up for public Auction at Noble Numismatics* in Sydney.
This picture shows slight rubbing of the patina on Victoria's Banksia** garland.
The Banksia is a native Australian shrub and so makes this coin very distinctively Australian.
Wyon also did a very similar oak leaves garland for Victoria on the coins of Newfoundland.
* Noble Numismatics located in Macquarie Street Sydney across the street from the Sydney Mint Building.
The Sydney Mint Building still exists as an Australian Heritage building in Macquarie Street, Sydney. The steel safe room is still there.
**The Banksia was named after the famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks FRS, who was on Cook's ship Endeavour in 1770 when the East Coast of Australia was first discovered.
This picture shows slight rubbing of the patina on Victoria's Banksia** garland.
The Banksia is a native Australian shrub and so makes this coin very distinctively Australian.
Wyon also did a very similar oak leaves garland for Victoria on the coins of Newfoundland.
* Noble Numismatics located in Macquarie Street Sydney across the street from the Sydney Mint Building.
The Sydney Mint Building still exists as an Australian Heritage building in Macquarie Street, Sydney. The steel safe room is still there.
**The Banksia was named after the famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks FRS, who was on Cook's ship Endeavour in 1770 when the East Coast of Australia was first discovered.
