The coin is one of Australia’s most valuable pre-decimal coins. The half sovereign coin was stamped with a design using four dies from London in the Mint’s opening year, 1899.

Image: Roxbury's Mr Waterman said the 1855 half sovereign was one of Australia’s first gold coins. “This was really quite a primitive time if you can imagine and money was quite scarce.

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