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audowniesstralian coin auctions AUCTION 340 AUCTION DATES Venue: 3 Redland Drive, Mitcham VIC Tuesday 18 May 2021 Commencing 9am Wednesday 19 May 2021 Commencing 9am Thursday 20 May 2021 Commencing 9am You can bid Live Online at auctions.downies.com or bid early PRE-SALE VIEWING 3 Redland Drive, Mitcham VIC Wednesday 12 May 2021 9:30 to 5pm Thursday 13 May 2021 9:30 to 5pm Friday 14 May 2021 9:30 to 5pm *Monday 17 May 2021 9:30 to 5pm *Priority will be given to interstate and overseas viewers All times published in this catalogue are AEST Viewing procedures subject to change due to prevailing COVID-19 conditions. Keep an eye on our web page downies.com/auctions for up to date information. Important Information... Mail bidders Mail Prices realised Collection Dates All absentee bids (mail, fax, Downies ACA A provisional Prices Lots may be paid for and email) bids must be received in PO Box 3131 Realised list for Auction 340 collected from 3 Redland this office by1pm, Monday, 17 Nunawading Vic 3131 will be available at www. Drive Mitcham from May 2021. We cannot guarantee Australia downies.com/auctions noon Friday, 21 May by the execution of bids received from noon Friday 21 May. appointment. Telephone +61 (0) 3 8677 8800 after this time. Invoices and/or Fax +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 goods will be shipped as soon Email [email protected] as practicable after the auction. Delivery of lots will be subject to Website the receipt of cleared funds. www.downies.com/auctions Bid online: auctions.downies.com 1 WELCOME TO SALE 340 Sure to be another landmark event for Australian numismatics, I would like to welcome you to Downies Australian Coin Auctions Sale 340! Comprising more than 3,000 lots, the sale is headlined by a superb range of Roman coins from the estate of discerning Ancients collector Anthony Howell. Highlighted by a 3rd century BC Aes Grave As, Howell’s collection included a strong run of Imperial coins from the 1st to 4th centuries AD. Featuring gold aurei of Augustus and Marcus Aurelius, this impressive array also encompassed high-grade silver denarii of the rarest of the Twelve Caesars – Galba, Otho and Vitellius. The sale is also distinguished by more than 1,250 decimal coin lots, and a typically impressive array of Australian predecimal coins – headlined by an extremely rare 1930 Penny in Very Fine, as well as a beautiful, rare, glossy 1947 Perth Penny Proof FDC. As always, our latest public auction is also notable for the variety of the material on offer. There’s an excellent mix of Australian predecimal and decimal notes, world coins and banknotes, stamps and Trade Tokens – including an extremely rare Australian Steam Navigation Company (ASNC) Token! Although room-bidding and viewing will be subject to our strict adherence to COVID-safe protocols, our popular Live Auction Platform will be up and running again in Sale 340. The sale will be followed by two more auctions in 2021, so if you have material you would like to consign, it’s not too late to be part of the action! Our next sale is scheduled for August, and consignments will be accepted until 23 June 2021. For now though, I trust you will savour the desirable diversity of delights found in Sale 340, and enjoy your collecting! Ken Downie | Downies Collectables Our brands, part of the Downies Collectables family 2 Downies Australian Coin Auctions - Sale No. 340 CONTENTS Session 1: Tuesday 18 May 2021, commencing 9am LOT # DESCRIPTION PAGE Australian proof sets; mint sets; masterpieces in silver sets; proof singles; proof 1 9 and specimen kangaroos; bird series; endangered species series Australian uncirculated singles; PCGS graded coins; other decimals; decimal mint 450 15 rolls/bags; decimal sets; Perth Mint issues; accumulations Session 2: Wednesday 19 May 2021; commencing 9am 1211 Australian precious metal decimal coins 34 1286 Antiquities and ancient coins; world coins and banknotes 36 Session 3: Wednesday 19 May 2021, commencing 3pm Australian and world militaria; cigarette cards; stamps; books; sports memorabilia; 1805 58 other memorabilia 2049 Australasian tokens; internment camp note; commemorative medallions 72 Session 4: Thursday 20 May 2021, commencing 9am 2108 Proclamation coins; Australian predecimal gold coins 76 2202 Patterns and coinages; Australian predecimal proofs; predecimal coins 78 Session 5: Thursday 20 May 2021, commencing 2pm 2615 Pre-federation banknotes; predecimal banknotes and star note 90 Decimal specimen note; decimal banknotes, star notes, uncut notes, 2688 94 folders and portfolios, error notes All times published in this catalogue are AEST The auction catalogue is available to view online with additional images at auctions.downies.com Bid online: auctions.downies.com 3 ADVICE FOR ABSENTEE & NEW BIDDERS • As a bidder at our Public Auction, you will • Your bids will be executed in the strictest • If you are interested in a number of lots, be able to decide the level at which you confidence by an official representative but only wish to spend a limited amount would like to purchase an item. To assist of the Company. They will be regarded as of money, please write down your bids and bidders in the preparation of their bids, the the maximum bids that you are prepared then clearly indicate, in the space provided, Auctioneer has set an “estimated market to pay and we will always try to purchase the maximum amount you wish to spend. price” on each lot. This is a conservative on your behalf at a price lower than your • If you are interested in a particular item, guide to the market value of the items maximum bids given. and there are two or more identical lots; described, and you may bid above or • On items that you anticipate the price may you can clearly indicate on your bid sheet below this estimate. Please note however, far exceed the estimate, we can offer you that you wish to bid for “one or more only” that bids below 60% of this estimate will some flexibility in the execution of your of the nominated lots on offer. This must not be processed. bid. Obviously, you may submit a bid well be made very clear on the bid sheet. • Purchase of lots on extension (extended above the estimate and this will be treated • Remember, the benefit is yours by buying payment terms) will NOT be permitted as your maximum bid (excluding the at Public Auction: you can decide exactly buyer’s commission). Alternatively, you can • Our descriptions are complete and our what you want to pay for any item, and bid place a conservative bid and, if the bidding grading is conservative. Our aim is to give to that level. far exceeds it, you can elect to increase you the best possible guide to the actual that bid by a fixed percentage. The higher • In preparing your bids, it is important to condition of the item you are seeking. We bid will only be executed if necessary, and note that a 22.0% buyer’s commission value our absentee bidders and believe strictly according to your instructions. including GST with a minimum charge per that our grading and pricing policies work Please fill in the appropriate space on the lot of $10, is added to the knock down price to the mutual long term benefit of both bid sheet if this is required. of each lot. Do not add commission to your the vendor and buyer. maximum bid. Remember that successful absentee bids at the same level will be awarded to the earliest bidder at that level – so bid early! And please note that bids submitted by normal mail may be affected by recent Australia Post delivery policy changes. 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 all but of detail. Most modern proofs (1966 onwards) contrast a gone, but the basic design and date are still visible. Notes of brilliant mirror background against delicately frosted detail. this grade are near the end of their useful life, and are of little Prooflike: Often a non-official mint strike, or medallic in value unless they are very scarce or rare. nature. choice: An exceptional example of the given grade. Brilliant Uncirculated (B/Unc) or choice Unc: Uncirculated, good (g): Use of the prefix good (e.g. gVF) indicates that the but with higher than normal sheen. item is slightly better than the grade stated. Uncirculated (Unc): An uncirculated or unused item. Full about (a): Use of this prefix (e.g. aEF) indicates that the item detail, no wear, brilliance and lustre are hallmarks of an is almost at the grading designated. uncirculated coin, whereas no bends, folds or staining are qualities of an uncirculated banknote. References commonly used: Extremely Fine (EF): Coins show only traces of wear to the Krause/Mishler – Standard Catalogue of World Coins, various high points of the design and only light surface marks from editions circulating. Otherwise the design is clear and sharp and the Pick – Standard Catalogue of World Paper Money, various coin will have much lustre. Notes are clean and crisp with editions only the slightest signs of creases and folds. Renniks Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and Very Fine (VF): Lustre has gone and there will be flatness New Zealand by Gilbert C Heyde on the design of a coin.