Auction 323 15 – 17 March 2017 PRE-SALE VIEWING
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Auction 323 15 – 17 March 2017 PRE-SALE VIEWING 3 Redland Drive Mitcham VIC 3132 Wednesday, 8 March 2017 9:30am to 5pm Thursday, 9 March 2017 9:30am to 5pm Friday, 10 March 2017 9:30am to 5pm Saturday, 11 March 2017 10am to 3pm *Tuesday, 14 March 2017 9:30am to 5pm *Priority will be given to interstate and overseas viewers AUCTION MAIL ORDER DOWNIES COINS MELBOURNE TOWN HALL COINS & 3 Redland Drive PO Box 3131 Shop U04, Southgate COLLECTABLES SYDNEY Mitcham Vic 3132 Nunawading Vic 3131 3 Southgate Avenue Shop 5, Town Hall Square Australia Australia Southbank Vic 3006 464–480 Kent Street Phone: +61 (0)3 8456 8456 Phone: +61 (0)3 8456 8456 Australia Sydney NSW 2000 Fax: +61 (0)3 8677 8899 Fax: +61 (0)3 8456 8401 Phone: (03) 9686 8411 Australia [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Phone: (02) 9299 4131 [email protected] Auction 323 Wednesday, 15 March 2017 commencing 1.30 pm Thursday, 16 March 2017 commencing 10 am Friday, 17 March 2017 commencing 10 am Box Hill Town Hall 1022 Whitehorse Rd Box Hill VIC 3128 The auction catalogue is available to view online with additional images and pre-auction notices/changes at www.downies.com/auctions 3 Redland Drive Mitcham Vic 3132 Australia Phone: +61 (0)3 8456 8456 Fax: +61 (0)3 8677 8899 [email protected] Mail bidders Welcome to Australian Coin Auctions All absentee bids (mail, fax, email) bids must be received in Sale 323! this office by1pm, Tuesday, 14 March 2017. We cannot This first Downies sale for the year • An extensive collection of Egyptian guarantee the execution of contains a number of notable items banknotes from 1915 to recent times, bids received after this time. and themes assembled from a large spanning 70 lots and including some base of vendors. Some vendors have rare archival issues and colour trials Invoices and/or goods will be been building these collections for compiled in the 1940s. shipped as soon as practicable decades, meaning that many items in after the auction. Delivery of lots • A wide ranging collection of this sale have not been seen before by will be subject to the receipt of Australasian tradesmen’s tokens most collectors. Whilst the strength of cleared funds. spanning over 70 lots. the decimal coins component remains as strong as always, Sale 323 is highlighted • A lovely set of early Australian cycling MAIL badges and awards with several named Downies ACA by a number of ‘must-have’ coins and specialist collections that are sure to to the same individual, worthy of a PO Box 3131 museum collection. Nunawading Vic 3131 spark interest worldwide. These are just a few of the highlights of Australia Spanning over 3,300 individual lots with pre-sale estimates approaching a sale that also includes innumerable TELEPHONE $1,000,000, there is something for interesting and collectable lots for the +61 (0)3 8456 8456 everyone in this sale. The success of more budget-conscious. I strongly previous sales at Box Hill Town Hall encourage you to take the time to explore FAX the contents of this catalogue to gain an +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 has prompted us to continue with this wonderful venue. Pre-sale viewing will appreciation of its content and quality. EMAIL be held at our Mitcham headquarters as Please note that post-sale collection of [email protected] for the last few auctions – see inside the winning lots from Mitcham on the Monday and Tuesday after the sale will once again WEBSITE front cover of this catalogue for details. be conducted on an appointment-only www.downies.com/auctions Some of the individual highlights include: basis. Further information about this • Two 1847 Gothic Crowns procedure will be announced regularly Prices realised • Irish 1643-44 Ormonde Crown during the auction at Box Hill Town Hall, • New Zealand 1935 Waitangi Crown and absentee bidders will be advised A provisional Prices Realised of any new procedures at the time of list for Auction 323 will • A host of large gold coins of Austria, invoice production. be available at France, Mexico, South Africa and the My thanks to the many vendors who www.downies.com/auctions USA, amongst others have given us the opportunity to offer from noon Monday, Amongst the collections are: such an amazing and diverse selection 20 March 2017. • Over 170 lots of British coins from of lots in this sale. Please remember that Edward II to recent times. This consignments for our next auction in July Room bidders extensive array formed the bulk of a are now being accepted. If you have any collection assembled decades ago by goods you may wish to sell at Sale 324, Lots may be paid for and a prominent Melbourne businessman, please contact our Auction Department collected from 3 Redland Drive and has only recently been released staff in person, or by phone, fax, letter Mitcham from noon Monday, from a deceased estate. or email; or discuss your intentions with 20 March 2017 by appointment Auction Department representatives only for the first two days. • An astonishing group of USA coinage during Sale 323 at Box Hill Town Hall. Please ensure to pay for from Half Cent to Fifty Dollars, the and collect your goods by bulk of which comes from the same Happy bidding, Friday, 31 March 2017. deceased estate. Forming over 100 and good luck! lots, and highlighted by several Carson City types in silver and gold, the condition of much of this long-lost collection will produce considerable interest worldwide. 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Page 2 Downies Australian Coin Auctions Sale No. 323 Guide to this Auction Contents LOT SESSIONS PAGE Auction 323 Session 1: Wednesday 15 March 2017, commencing 1.30pm 1 Proclamation coins; Australian shipwrecks; Australian predecimal gold coins 7 128 Patterns and fantasies; predecimal proofs; Australian predecimal coins 10 455 Australian financial notes and store money; predecimal and decimal banknotes 22 Session 2: Thursday 16 March 2017, commencing 10am 757 Australian decimal coins 33 1900 Decimal precious metals coins 53 Session 3: Friday 17 March 2017, commencing 10am 2051 Ancient coins; world coins and medallions 56 2751 World banknotes 92 Session 4: Friday 17 March 2017, commencing 3.30pm Australian & world military medals and militaria; Australasian tokens and checks; internment 3003 107 camps currency; commemorative medallions 3139 Autographs; documents; cigarette and trade cards; postcards; books; Australian and world stamps 116 3247 Sporting memorabilia; badges; toys and games; weights and scales; other ephemera 123 Gradings and terminology used in this catalogue Proof: Proof coins are the most beautiful coins imaginable. have clear signs of soiling and heavy creasing, possibly also They are struck using specially hardened dies, and highly some tearing. polished blanks. The result is a coin of great clarity and depth Very Good (VG): Most details of a coin’s design will be of detail. Most modern proofs (1966 onwards) contrast a all but gone, but the basic design and date are still visible. brilliant mirror background against delicately frosted detail. Notes of this grade are near the end of their useful life, and Prooflike: Often a non-official mint strike, or medallic in nature. are of little value unless they are very scarce or rare. Brilliant Uncirculated (B/Unc) or choice Unc: choice: An exceptional example of the given grade. Uncirculated, but with higher than normal sheen. good (g): Use of the prefix good (e.g. gVF) indicates that Uncirculated (Unc): An uncirculated or unused item. the item is slightly better than the grade stated. Full detail, no wear, brilliance and lustre are hallmarks of an about (a): Use of this prefix (e.g. aEF) indicates that the uncirculated coin, whereas no bends, folds or staining are item is almost at the grading designated. qualities of an uncirculated banknote. References commonly used: Extremely Fine (EF): Coins show only traces of wear to • Krause/Mishler – Standard Catalogue of World Coins, the high points of the design and only light surface marks various editions from circulating. Otherwise the design is clear and sharp and the coin will have much lustre. Notes are clean and crisp with • Pick – Standard Catalogue of World Paper Money, only the slightest signs of creases and folds. various editions Very Fine (VF): Lustre has gone and there will be flatness • Renniks Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New on the design of a coin. Other traces of wear may also be Zealand by Gilbert C Heyde evident. Banknotes of this grade will show distinct signs of • Spink – Coins of England & the United Kingdom, handling though the paper will still be reasonably crisp. • Greg McDonald – Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Fine (F): The effects of handling will be quite evident from Banknotes the amount of flatness to the design of a coin. Notes will • Carlisle – Australian Historical Medals 1788–1988 Sale No. 323 Downies Australian Coin Auctions Page 3 Terms and Conditions It is important that bidders make themselves aware of the following.