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View PDF Catalogue NEW VENUE & auctions.downies.comLIVE BIDDING! 333 2nd - 3rd OCTOBER 2019 adustroaliawn conin auctieiosns AUCTION 333 AUCTION DATES New Venue: 3 Redland Drive, Mitcham VIC Wednesday, 2 October 2019 Commencing 9am Thursday, 3 October 2019 Commencing 9am You can bid Live Online at auctions.downies.com or bid early PRE-SALE VIEWING 3 Redland Drive, Mitcham VIC Thursday, 26 September 2019 9:30am to 5pm Friday, 27 September 2019 9:30am to 5pm Monday, 30 September 2019 9:30am to 5pm *Tuesday, 1 October 2019 9:30am to 5pm *Priority will be given to interstate and overseas viewers All times published in this catalogue are AEST 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 PO Box 3131 Realised list for Auction collected from 3 Redland office by1pm, Tuesday, 1 October Nunawading Vic 3131 333 will be available at Drive Mitcham from noon 2019. We cannot guarantee the Australia www.downies.com/ Friday, 4 October 2019 by execution of bids received after auctions from noon appointment. Telephone +61 (0) 3 8677 8800 this time. Invoices and/or goods will Friday 4 October. 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 333 Brought forward to October 2 & 3 due to an overabundance of high-quality consignments, I would like to welcome you to Downies Australian Coin Auctions’ 333rd consecutive sale! As will be apparent from a quick glance at this catalogue, Sale 333 is packed with a tremendous array of interesting and diverse collectables. Having been entrusted by over one hundred vendors offering their treasured collectables in this auction, the sale comprises 2,132 lots, with pre-sale estimates at $825,000. Highlighted by a variety of modern gold, the sale is also spiced with many key Australian rarities. Along with two 1930 Pennies, and four 1852 Adelaide Pounds, there are many other early important numismatic items up for grabs. Pre-sale viewing starts on September 26, and I always recommend personal inspection of our sales. You never know what little gems may be lurking in some of the lots! Whilst we are no longer able to accept consignments for Sale 334 – to be held from November 6 – we are already preparing for our first sale of 2020. There has been incredible interest in Downies sales in 2019, with our Live Auction Platform proving especially popular. Clearance rates have reached near- unprecedented levels, and we would be more-than-happy to discuss how we can maximise the return to you from the sale of your collection in 2020. For now, I trust you enjoy Sale 333 – 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: Don’t forget that everyone is welcome to attend the Sydney Money Expo presented by ANDA! To be held at the Sydney Lower Town Hall on Saturday and Sunday the 26th and 27th of October, check moneyexpo.net.au for all the details. adustroaliawn conin auctieiosns 2 Downies Australian Coin Auctions - Sale No. 333 CONTENTS Session 1: Wednesday 2 October 2019, commencing 9am LOT # DESCRIPTION PAGE 1 Australian decimal coins 9 Session 2: Wednesday 2 October, commencing 3.45pm 773 Australian precious metals decimal coins 24 874 Ancient coins; world coins and banknotes 27 Session 3: Thursday 3 October 2019, commencing 9am 1124 Australasian tokens and checks; internment camp tokens; commemorative 40 medallions 1180 Proclamation coins; Adelaide Pounds; Australian predecimal gold coins 42 1287 Australian predecimal proofs; predecimal coins 44 1592 Australian predecimal banknotes 52 Session 4: Thursday 3 October 2019, commencing 2pm 1743 Australian and world military medals and militaria; documents; books; 58 Australian and world stamps; other memorabilia 1844 Australian decimal banknotes 64 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 of the Company. They will be regarded as of money, please write down your bids and be able to decide the level at which you the maximum bids that you are prepared then clearly indicate, in the space provided, would like to purchase an item. To assist to pay and we will always try to purchase the maximum amount you wish to spend. bidders in the preparation of their bids, the on your behalf at a price lower than your • If you are interested in a particular item, Auctioneer has set an “estimated market maximum bids given. and there are two or more identical lots; price” on each lot. This is a conservative • On items that you anticipate the price may you can clearly indicate on your bid sheet guide to the market value of the items far exceed the estimate, we can offer you that you wish to bid for “one or more only” described, and you may bid above or some flexibility in the execution of your of the nominated lots on offer. This must below this estimate. Please note however, bid. Obviously, you may submit a bid well be made very clear on the bid sheet. that bids below 60% of this estimate will above the estimate and this will be treated not be processed. • Remember, the benefit is yours by buying as your maximum bid (excluding the at Public Auction: you can decide exactly • Our descriptions are complete and our buyer’s commission). Alternatively, you can what you want to pay for any item, and bid grading is conservative. Our aim is to give place a conservative bid and, if the bidding to that level. you the best possible guide to the actual far exceeds it, you can elect to increase condition of the item you are seeking. We that bid by a fixed percentage. The higher • In preparing your bids, it is important to value our absentee bidders and believe bid will only be executed if necessary, and note that a 22.0% buyer’s commission that our grading and pricing policies work strictly according to your instructions. including GST with a minimum charge per to the mutual long term benefit of both Please fill in the appropriate space on the lot of $10, is added to the knock down price the vendor and buyer. bid sheet if this is required. of each lot. Do not add commission to your maximum bid. • Your bids will be executed in the strictest • If you are interested in a number of lots, confidence by an official representative but only wish to spend a limited amount 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. Other traces of wear may also be Spink – Coins of England & the United Kingdom, evident. Banknotes of this grade will show distinct signs of Greg McDonald – Pocket Guide to Australian Coins handling though the paper will still be reasonably crisp. and Banknotes Fine (F): The effects of handling will be quite evident from Carlisle – Australian Historical Medals 1788–1988 the amount of flatness to the design of a coin. Notes will 4 Downies Australian Coin Auctions - Sale No. 333 HOW TO BID NEW! Bid online via auctions.downies.com 1.
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