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adustroaliawn conin auctieiosns AUCTION 336 This auction has NO room participation. Live bidding online at: auctions.downies.com AUCTION DATES Monday 18th May 2020 Commencing 9am Tuesday 19th May 2020 Commencing 9am Wednesday 20th May 2020 Commencing 9am Thursday 21st May 2020 Commencing 9am Important Information... Mail bidders Mail Prices realised All absentee bids (mail, fax, email) bids must Downies ACA A provisional Prices Realised list be received in this office by1pm, Friday, PO Box 3131 for Auction 336 will be available at 15th May 2020. We cannot guarantee the Nunawading Vic 3131 www.downies.com/auctions from execution of bids received after this time. Australia noon Friday 22nd May. Invoices and/or goods will be shipped as soon Telephone +61 (0) 3 8677 8800 as practicable after the auction. Delivery of lots Fax +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 will be subject to the receipt of cleared funds. Email [email protected] Website www.downies.com/auctions Bid online: auctions.downies.com 1 WELCOME TO SALE 336 Welcome to Downies Australian Coin Auctions Sale 336! As with so many businesses, and the Australian community in general, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented Downies with many challenges – specifically, in preparing Sale 336. The health and safety of our employees and our clients is paramount, and we have worked very hard to both safeguard the welfare of all and create an auction of which we can be proud. As a consequence, we have had to make unprecedented modifications to the way Sale 336 will be run. For example, the sale will be held without room participation. We will miss the presence of our collectors, but we have no doubt that our ever-reliable Live Auction Platform will comfortably accommodate the extra number of internet bidders. There will be no pre-sale viewing available – the first time in 300 or so Downies auctions – but the images found in this catalogue and on our website are first rate. In addition, although buyers will not be able to pick up their lots, we have worked with our logistics partners to ensure that all purchases will be delivered in a safe, timely manner. Absentee bids will naturally be processed as usual, but do not delay in getting your bids in. The changes made as a result of COVID-19 should not, however, distract us from what is sure to be a landmark event. Headlined by a complete British 1937 Gold Proof Set, the auction is notable for the most comprehensive RAM and Perth Mint offering amassed in years. Comprising over 3,500 lots, and defined by a dramatic diversity of material, there will be something for everybody in Sale 336. Enjoy your collecting! Ken Downie | Downies Collectables Our brands, part of the Downies Collectables family 2 Downies Australian Coin Auctions - Sale No. 336 CONTENTS Session 1: Monday 18 May 2020, 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 Session 2: Monday 18 May 2020, not commencing before 4pm 748 Australian gold & platinum decimal coins 21 Session 3: Tuesday 19 May 2020; commencing 9am Australian uncirculated singles; other decimals; errors and varieties; decimal mint 807 24 rolls/bags; decimal sets; Perth Mint issues; accumulations Session 4: Wednesday 20 May 2020, commencing 9am 1880 Ancient coins; world coins and banknotes 50 Session 5: Wednesday 20 May 2020, not commencing before 1.15pm 2334 Financial notes; pre Federation banknotes; predecimal banknotes 71 2498 Australian decimal specimen notes; decimal banknotes 76 Session 6: Thursday 21 May 2020, commencing 9am Australian and world military medals and militaria; documents; cigarette and 2833 87 postcards; books; Australian and world stamps; other memorabilia Convict love token; Australasian tokens and checks; internment camps tokens; 3075 100 agricultural and exhibition medallions; commemorative medallions Session 7: Thursday 21 May 2020, commencing 1pm Proclamation coins; Adelaide Pound; Australian predecimal gold coins; patterns 3183 108 and fantasies; Australian predecimal proofs, predecimal coins 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. 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. 336 HOW TO BID NEW! Bid online via auctions.downies.com 1.