Lot description: Products Of New South Wales, Sydney, 1854, in silver (73mm) (C.1854/5), by L.C.Wyon, plain edge as issued. Minor edge nick, otherwise beautifully toned, nearly uncirculated and rare.
Notes: Only 46 minted. See Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia (Vol.6) for a list of recipients that includes Rev W.B.Clarke, Fitzroy Mining Company, Julius Hogarth, Sir Thomas Mitchell, James & William Macarthur and Sir John Herschel. This medal is one of the most attractive and important colonial medals of the 19th century and was used as both a prize medal and a medal of service.