auctions.downies.comLIVE BIDDING! Downies Australian Coin Auctions Coin Australian Downies 6-7 November 2019 November 6-7 334 3 Redland Drive Mitcham 3132 Victoria, Australia Auction 334 Auction Phone: +61 (0) 3 8677 8800 Fax: +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 Email: [email protected] Website: www.downies.com/auctions 6-7 NOVEMBER 2019 adustroaliawn conin auctieiosns AUCTION 334 AUCTION DATES New Venue: 3 Redland Drive, Mitcham VIC Wednesday 6th November 2019 Commencing 9am Thursday, 7th November 2019 Commencing 9am You can bid Live Online at auctions.downies.com or bid early PRE-SALE VIEWING 3 Redland Drive, Mitcham VIC Thursday, 31 October 2019 9:30am to 5pm Friday, 1 November 2019 9:30am to 5pm *Monday, 4 November 2019 9:30am to 5pm *Priority will be given to interstate and overseas viewers All times published in this catalogue are AEDT Important Information... Mail bidders Mail Prices realised Collection Dates All absentee bids (mail, fax, email) Downies ACA A provisional Prices Lots may be paid for and bids must be received in this office PO Box 3131 Realised list for Auction collected from 3 Redland by 1pm, Monday, 4 November Nunawading Vic 3131 334 will be available Drive Mitcham from noon 2019. We cannot guarantee the Australia at www.downies.com/ Friday, 8 November 2019 by execution of bids received after auctions from noon Friday appointment. Telephone +61 (0) 3 8677 8800 this time. Invoices and/or goods will 8 November Fax +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 be shipped as soon as practicable Email [email protected] after the auction. Delivery of lots will be subject to the receipt of Website cleared funds. www.downies.com/auctions Bid online: auctions.downies.com 1 WELCOME TO SALE 334 A suitably grand finale to what has been an incredible year for Australian numismatics, I would like to welcome you to our fifth auction of 2019 – Sale 334! There has been near-unprecedented interest in Downies auctions in 2019. Driven, in part, by the popularity of our Live Auction Platform, clearance rates have reached extraordinary levels. Whilst we continue to enthusiastically embrace the digital world, there are some traditions of personal service that Downies will never abandon – including publishing a world-class, full-colour catalogue, and offering our collectors the opportunity for personal inspection of lots. Our ability to offer both a complete personal AND digital experience is, of course, due to the tireless work of our conscientious auction staff. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the herculean efforts of Australian Coin Auctions Manager Tony Gordon and his team, to auctioneer Tom Lockwood for his willingness and ability to adapt so well too our new online auction system, and to Chris Sealey for his administration of the entire operation. Naturally, I would also like to thank our vendors and collectors for their essential role in making our sales so successful. I would like to wish you all the best for the Festive Season, and for 2020. For now, I trust you enjoy Sale 334 – and don’t forget, EVERY lot in this auction can be viewed in our digital catalogue found at auctions.downies.com! Enjoy your collecting! Ken Downie | Downies Collectables PS Although preparations are well underway, you still have time to consign material for our first sale of 2020 – to be held in February. If you have material you would like to submit, please contact us on (03) 8677 8800. Our brands, part of the Downies Collectables family 2 Downies Australian Coin Auctions - Sale No. 334 CONTENTS Session 1: Wednesday 7 November 2019, commencing 9am LOT # DESCRIPTION PAGE 1 Australian decimal coins; precious metals decimal coins 11 Session 2: Wednesday 7 November, not commencing before 3.30pm 792 Antiquities; ancient coins; world coins and banknotes 29 Session 3: Thursday 8 November 2019, commencing 9am 1194 Australian and world military medals and militaria; documents; books; 50 Australian and world stamps; other memorabilia 1397 Australian share scrip; banking instruments; financial notes; 64 pre Federation banknotes; predecimal banknotes 1506 Australian decimal banknotes 71 Session 4: Thursday 8 November 2019, not commencing before 2.30pm 1758 Convict love tokens; Australasian tokens and checks; internment camps tokens; 80 agricultural medallions; commemorative medallions 1869 Proclamation coins; Adelaide Pounds; Australian Holey Dollar & Dumps; 89 Australian predecimal gold coins 1967 Australian predecimal proofs; predecimal coins 93 All times published in this catalogue are AEDT The auction catalogue is available to view online with additional images at auctions.downies.com Bid online: auctions.downies.com 3 HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS AUCTION An astonishing array of highlights… sale is notable for a lovely aggregation of sovereigns, including a complete 1899-1931 Perth Mint Sovereign Although the three great rarities on these pages may be the 33-Coin Collection. The range of high-grade early Australian superstars, Sale 334 is arrayed with outstanding highlights. florins will also catch the eye. Comprising nearly 2,250 lots, and underpinned by a strong With this array of highlights complemented by our colonial flavour, Sale 334 is defined by the sweeping variety traditionally enticing assortment of Australian predecimal of material on offer. Featuring a rare Australian Steam coins & notes, Australian decimal coins & notes and world Navigation Co. Token, and a Savage Club Gold Medal, the coins & notes, Sale 334 has something for everyone. One of Australia’s earliest, most One of the major highlights of Sale 334, the 1851 Queen Victoria Bushranger Medal is a compelling combination important medals of rich colonial history and the greatest rarity. Session 4, Thursday 8 November 2019, Lot 1814 The earliest die-struck medal minted in New South 1851 Queen Victoria Bushranger Medal Wales, the 1851 Bushranger Medal was created to reward members of the colonial police forces for ‘Faithful and Distinguished Services’. At least three of the four recipients received the medal for actions against bushrangers, and it is known as ‘the 1851 Bushranger Medal’. One of only three 1851 Bushranger Medals known to have appeared on the market, the example in Sale 334 was awarded to Sgt Robert Worsley. A Mounted Police trooper, Worsley led a party in pursuit of notorious bushranger Jimmy Wilson. Displaying immense bravery, giving no thought to his own welfare, Worsley confronted the gang and killed Wilson, with two other bushrangers captured. For his courage and devotion to duty, Worsley was awarded the 1851 Bushranger Medal. A genuine artefact of colonial history, designed and struck by Sydney silversmith JC Thornthwaite, the 1851 Bushrangers Medal is of the utmost rarity. Along with one unnamed example, there are THREE known named 1851 Bushrangers Medals. A fourth named medal is purported to exist, but has never been sighted. The Worsley medal is the second 1851 Bushranger Medal offered in 2019 – the first sold for $68,300 including buyer’s commission – but this is an anomaly of epic proportions. Ø38mm Quite literally, decades have passed between appearances of this great Australian rarity on the market. The Worsley medal, for example, has been held in the same family since the 1950s. An opportunity of the greatest importance, who knows how long it will be before another 1851 Bushranger Medal is available to collectors? 4 Downies Australian Coin Auctions - Sale No. 334 Ø38mm One of the finest known 1813 Holey Dollars… Session 4, Thursday 8 November 2019, Lot 1882 spectacular example. One of only 32 Holey Dollars struck Charles III 1813 Holey Dollar from coins of Charles III, the host coin has suffered little circulation. Both the coin and the sharply detailed ‘1813 New South Wales’ and ‘Five Shillings’ counterstamps are Offered in Australia for the first time, the coin pictured graded Extremely Fine. above is one of the finest known examples of the 1813 Holey Remarkably, this is only the third time that this excessively Dollar – and the finest known Charles III 1813 Holey Dollar rare coin has appeared on the market in more than a available to private collectors. century. Offered at the Jacques Schulman Sale in the The first coin type struck on Australian shores, the Holey Netherlands in March 1914, this spectacular rarity remained Dollar was the lifeblood of the colonial economy until in the same family for over 100 years. It emerged onto the demonetised in 1829. A major research project in the late market at the official auction of the 2016 World Money Fair 1980s established that there were 276 surviving examples in Berlin, held by world-famous auctioneers Künker, and of the 1813 Holey Dollar. Of that tiny number, most are very was brought home to Australia by the Downie Family. well worn. The coin before you is a dramatic exception to Offered in this country for the first time, the presentation the rule. of the finest known Charles III 1813 Holey Dollar in Sale The third earliest dated Holey Dollar, with the host coin 334 could well be described as the highlight of Australian struck in 1777, the Holey Dollar headlining Sale 334 is a numismatics in 2019. And one of the finest known 1813 Silver Dumps! Of the less than 1,000 existing Dumps, a tiny percentage are of the D/2 type. Indeed, the D/2 is three times as rare as the A/1 type, which is, of course, tremendously rare. In addition, a vast majority of D/2 Dumps are well worn, with a minuscule number in better grade. Graded at XF45 – the equivalent of EF – this coin features fantastic detail in the lettering and the Crown, as well as evidence of the original Ø19mm host coin. Importantly, the date is clear and completely on the flan – most unusual for this type. Offered just a few times a year in the upper echelons of quality, this is your Session 4, Thursday 8 November 2019, Lot 1880 chance to secure a superior example of this extremely rare, deeply historic coin.