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Auction 328 Tuesday 21 August 2018 commencing 10am Wednesday 22 August 2018 commencing 10am Thursday 23 August 2018 commencing 10am 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 8677 8800 Fax: +61 (0)3 8677 8899 [email protected] Mail bidders Welcome to Sale 328! All absentee bids (mail, fax, email) bids must be received in Welcome to Sale 328! this office by1pm, Monday, 20 August 2018. We cannot It gives us great pleasure to present the long anticipated Order of guarantee the execution of Malta, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Crusader Collection from the bids received after this time. Invoices and/or goods will be late Richard Divall OA OBE - leading conductor and musicologist, shipped as soon as practicable legend of Australian opera, Knight of Malta, Fellow of the Royal after the auction. Delivery of lots Numismatic Society and passionate collector. will be subject to the receipt of cleared funds. Whilst Richard Divall’s exceptional collection is the headlining act of Sale MAIL 328, this important public auction is packed with highlights. Of major Downies ACA interest will be the offering of pre-Federation Gold Sovereigns and Half PO Box 3131 Sovereigns recently unearthed from the archives of a large financial Nunawading Vic 3131 Australia institution, along with some of the finest Australian shillings and florins TELEPHONE we have handled in recent times. The array of Australian decimal coinage +61 (0) 3 8677 8800 is typically outstanding, with Sale 328 also spiced with a fine selection of FAX Trade Tokens, world banknotes and world coins – including Thailand mint +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 rolls, tokens and military check pieces from the 1960s onwards! EMAIL To all who have consigned to Sale 328, I would like to thank you for [email protected] your contribution to what is sure to be an outstanding event for all WEBSITE collectors. Given the variety, quality and importance of the material www.downies.com/auctions found in Sale 328, I highly recommend that you take the opportunity to Prices realised attend our viewing sessions – to be held at our Mitcham headquarters. A provisional Prices Realised Although preparations are already well underway for our final sale of list for Auction 328 will 2018, commencing on 31 October, it’s not too late to be part of the be available at www.downies.com/auctions action. If you have material you would like to submit to Sale 329, please from noon Friday, contact Downies directly on (03) 8456 8443 before the end of August. 24 August 2018. Enjoy your collecting! Room bidders Lots may be paid for and collected from 3 Redland Drive Mitcham from noon Friday, Ken Downie 24 August 2018 by appointment. Downies Coins Please ensure to pay for, and collect your goods by 7 September 2018. Downies Coins – where we are and what we do… Mitcham – Head Office; Melbourne - Southgate Sydney – Town Hall Coins www.downies.com Australian Coin Auctions Our retail store in Melbourne & Collectables For all the latest news and The Auction team are always is situated in one of Australia’s Downies authorised retailer releases, check out our website pleased to provide an most modern precincts. The in Sydney. 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Page 2 Downies Australian Coin Auctions Sale No. 327 Guide to this Auction Contents LOT SESSIONS PAGE Session 1: Tuesday 21 August 2018, commencing 10am 1 Australian decimal coins 7 908 Decimal precious metals coins 24 Session 2: Tuesday 21 August 2018, commencing 4.30pm 1038 Decimal banknotes 26 Session 3: Wednesday 22 August 2018, commencing 10am 1230 Australasian tokens and checks; internment camps currency; exhibition awards; 33 commemorative medallions 1352 Australian and world military medals and militaria; documents; cigarette and trade cards; 41 postcards; books; Australian and world stamps 1497 Sporting and other memorabilia; jewellery/cosmetic accessories; toys and games; watches 49 and clocks; paintings, maps and prints; other ephemera 1562 Convict love tokens; proclamation coins; NSW dump; Australian predecimal gold coins 54 Session 4: Wednesday 22 August 2018, commencing 2pm 1846 Patterns and fantasies; predecimal proofs; Australian predecimal coins 66 2240 Australian share scrip; banking and other financial documents; pre-Federation banknotes 78 2299 Predecimal banknotes 84 Session 5 Thursday 23 August 2018, commencing 10am 2364 The Order of Malta Collection of Richard Divall AO OBE 88 Session 6: Thursday 23 August 2018, commencing 12 noon 2660 Antiquities; ancient coins 102 2772 World coins and medallions 109 3133 World banknotes and share scrip 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 on the design of a coin. Other traces of wear may also be New 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 Fine (F): The effects of handling will be quite evident from and Banknotes the amount of flatness to the design of a coin. Notes will • Carlisle – Australian Historical Medals 1788–1988 Sale No. 327 Downies Australian Coin Auctions Page 3 Terms and Conditions It is important that bidders make themselves aware of the following. Do not bid if you are not prepared to comply fully with the terms and conditions for this auction. Purchaser Agent Bidding 1. The purchaser is to be the highest bidder. Any dispute 10. Agents bidding on behalf of disclosed and undisclosed arising as to the highest bidder will be determined by the clients do so on their own responsibility both for Auctioneer who may re-offer any disputed lot. payment and safe delivery of the lots. Agents will be responsible for any non-payment or Auctioneer shortfall of accounts. 2. The Auctioneer shall regulate all bidding. Usual procedure is for bids to be advanced by not less than Payment Terms 5% on the previous bid. The Auctioneer’s starting price shall be one bid over the second highest absentee bid 11. Title of purchased lots shall not pass until the purchase received. Absentee bidders should bid early, as first bids price and buyer’s expenses are paid in full with cleared at the same level receive priority. funds in Australian Dollars. We accept Cash, EFTPOS, Electronic Funds Transfer, Bank or Personal Cheque, 3. If so requested, room buyers maybe required to pay the Paypal and Credit Card (subject to surcharge). Overseas whole or part of the purchase price at the sale. Failure buyers not using credit card facilities will be required to to comply with this rule in respect of any lot entitles the add AUD $30 to payments to cover bank charges; this Auctioneer to re-sell the lot or lots with any resulting will appear on the buyer’s invoice. deficiency being made good by the defaulter. Clearance of cheques and confirmation of direct 4. The Auctioneer reserves the right to (a) refuse any deposits will delay collection/delivery. bid and (b) bid on behalf of clients. While every care and attention is taken in executing bids and written Purchaser Responsibilities instructions, the Auctioneer regrets that he/she cannot 12. The buyer of each lot is to be responsible for it from the accept responsibility for any errors. time it is “knocked down”. Payment is to be made in full 5. The Auctioneer shall not be liable to the vendor for any with cleared funds before delivery or collection.