1852  Type 1 Adelaide Pound

Obverse:Crown - Design by Joshua Payne.
Legend: GOVERNMENT ASSAY OFFICE - ADELAIDE
Reverse:Beaded inner circle - Design by Joshua Payne.
Legend: WEIGHT 5 DWT: 15 GRS - 22 CARATS
Edge:Milled - two types - Fine & Coarse.
Weight:8.69 grams (134.1 grains).
Size:23 mm (diameter).
Composition:22 Carat Fine - 91.67% Gold, 8.33% Silver.
Gold Content:
Mintage:50 to 100 - Adelaide.
Mintmarks:Beaded inner circle on reverse
Die crack near 'DWT'.

Valuation :
1852 Type 1 ADELAIDE POUND

FineVery
Fine		Extra
Fine		Almost
Uncirc.		Uncirc
200232,00055,00070,00090,000165,000

Notes:

The type one or 'die cracked' reverse features a beaded inner circle and a die-crack near the 'D' of DWT. Only about 50 to 100 coins were struck before this die-crack was discovered and another die (type two) prepared.

There were two different collars used for the milled edge, fine and coarse by comparison. The fine milling is rarer than the coarse.

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