Adelaide Assay Office 1852 One Pound, type 1 (cracked die)
Joshua Payne, designer obverse and reverse
Australia
c.1810 – May 1889
Adelaide Assay Office 1852 One Pound, type 1 (cracked die)
1852
gold
Australia
c.1810 – May 1889
Adelaide Assay Office 1852 One Pound, type 1 (cracked die)
1852
gold
- Place made
- Adelaide
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- 2.2 cm (diam.)
- Credit line
- Gift of W.A. Horn, 1890
- Accession number
- NC00588
- Signature and date
- Obverse: Centre, Crown, below date 1852 all within a beaded and wavy line circle. Around outer border, GOVERNMENT ASSAY OFFICE ADELAIDE. Reverse: centre, VALUE / ONE / POUND all within a beaded circle, around outer border, WEIGHT 5 DWT : 15 GRS 22 CARATS.
- Media category
- Coin
- Collection area
- Australian decorative arts and design