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Australian Gold License

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Australian Gold License
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
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April 12-13, 2012
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Reno, NV 89502

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Reno, NV 89511
Sunday April 14th, 10am-1pm

From Victoria is this rare piece of Australian Gold Rush history. The license is number #38 and dated March 1853. The document states "the Bearer having paid to me the sum of one pound ten shilling on account of the territorial Revenue I hereby license him to dig search for and remove gold from-any such Crown lands..." The signatures on the document are difficult to read and there the document has some wear and tear. Victoria was the sight of a major gold rush in the 1850s, an event which changed the course of Australian mining history [REF:
http://www.mininghistory.asn.au/mining-histoy] HKA#63232