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Auctions 18 – 20 July 2017 Downies Australian Coin Auctions 18 – 20 July 2017 3 Redland Drive Mitcham 3132 Victoria, Australia Phone: +61 (0)3 8456 8456 Fax: +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 Auction 324 Email: [email protected] Auction 324 Website: www.downies.com/auctions 18 – 20 July 2017 PRE-SALE VIEWING AUCTION LOCATIONS 3 Redland Drive Viewing & Collection Auction Mitcham VIC 3132 MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK Wednesday, 12 July 2017 9:30am to 5pm WHITEHORSE RD 109 TRAM STOP Thursday, 13 July 2017 9:30am to 5pm CALCUTTA ST STATION ST (MITCHAM STATION) WATTS ST Friday, 14 July 2017 9:30am to 5pm MITCHAM RD BUS No. 736 or 765 WHITEHORSE RD Saturday, 15 July 2017 10am to 3pm BOX HILL TOWN HALL *Monday, 17 July 2017 9:30am to 5pm ACA *Priority will be given to interstate and overseas viewers REDLAND DRIVE BOX HILL STATION Ample off site parking available BUS STOP 3 Redland Drive, Mitcham 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill UPCOMING AUCTIONS Auction 325 17 – 19 October 2017 Auction 326 TBA Dates subject to change Consignments Welcomed AUCTION MAIL ORDER DOWNIES COINS MELBOURNE TOWN HALL COINS & 3 Redland Drive PO Box 3131 Shop U04, Southgate COLLECTABLES SYDNEY Mitcham Vic 3132 Nunawading Vic 3131 3 Southgate Avenue Shop 5, Town Hall Square Australia Australia Southbank Vic 3006 464–480 Kent Street Phone: +61 (0)3 8456 8456 Phone: +61 (0)3 8456 8456 Australia Sydney NSW 2000 Fax: +61 (0)3 8677 8899 Fax: +61 (0)3 8456 8401 Phone: (03) 9686 8411 Australia [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Phone: (02) 9299 4131 ©2016 – All rights reserved. Every Downies catalogue is printed on environmentally friendly chlorine-free and acid-free paper manufactured by an accredited mill. [email protected] Both paper manufacturer and printer are accredited to ISO14001, the internationally recognised standard to Environmental Management. Auction 324 Tuesday, 18 July 2017 commencing 10 am Wednesday, 19 July 2017 commencing 10 am Thursday, 20 July 2017 commencing 10 am 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 8456 8456 Fax: +61 (0)3 8677 8899 [email protected] Mail bidders Welcome to Sale 324! All absentee bids (mail, fax, email) bids must be received in The second Downies ACA sale of the year brings a wide array of this office by1pm, Monday, 17 July 2017. We cannot numismatic items to collectors. guarantee the execution of With over 3,600 lots in Sale 324, we are able to offer our usual range of bids received after this time. eclectic and affordable lots, from militaria and philatelic items, through to Invoices and/or goods will be Australian and world banknotes, to a profusion of decimal and predecimal shipped as soon as practicable after the auction. Delivery of lots coins. With an abundance of Australian and world gold coins as well, there will be subject to the receipt of is certainly something for every collector. cleared funds. We are particularly pleased to have been the chosen auctioneers to offer MAIL what is possibly the finest known Admella Silver Medal. One of only 39 Downies ACA presented to a small number of brave souls who risked their lives to assist PO Box 3131 in the rescue of the survivors of the Admella shipwreck in 1859, this medal Nunawading Vic 3131 is a key reminder of Australia’s maritime heritage. Australia We are also proud to offer a range of classic Australian rarities, including TELEPHONE +61 (0)3 8456 8456 a Kangaroo Office Taylor Sixpence Pattern, a Sydney Mint 1887 Half Sovereign struck in silver, and a superb collection of high grade WWII FAX Internment Camp tokens and notes. +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 Our auctions continue to be held at the well-appointed Box Hill Town Hall. EMAIL [email protected] If you are unable to attend, we are pleased to accept pre-sale bids by post, fax or online through our website. WEBSITE www.downies.com/auctions Pre-sale viewing is at our Head Office in Redland Drive Mitcham; for our interstate and overseas clients, our online catalogue and listings provide Prices realised detailed descriptions of each lot with many excellent photographs to assist. A provisional Prices Realised As always, we are appreciative of our regular vendors, and we are also list for Auction 324 will extremely honoured to be entrusted with the delicate task of sorting, be available at grading and cataloguing collections from deceased estates. Our trained www.downies.com/auctions team of numismatist experts ensure that these collections receive the from noon Friday, attention to detail they deserve, with great care and thorough research 21 July 2017. maximising the value that can be realised. Room bidders Our third and final auction for the year, Sale 325 is scheduled for October and we will be accepting consignments for this sale till mid-August 2017. Lots may be paid for and collected from 3 Redland Drive Sale 325 will coincide with the Numismatic Association of Australia biennial Mitcham from noon Friday, conference, which is also to be held in Melbourne. 21 July 2017 by appointment. Please ensure to pay for, On behalf of the ACA team, we wish you all the best and enjoy your collecting! and collect your goods by Friday, 4 August 2017. Ken Downie Downies Coins 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. Town Hall Coins or register for regular updates obligation-free assessment of store boasts a wide range of & Collectables can accept and auction news. potential auction consignments. numismatic items, and staff consignments for delivery are on hand to handle your to Mitcham, and provide specialist requirements. auction advice. Page 2 Downies Australian Coin Auctions Sale No. 324 Guide to this Auction Contents LOT SESSIONS PAGE Auction 324 Session 1: Tuesday 18 July 2017, commencing 10am 1 Proclamation coins; Australian predecimal gold coins 7 128 Patterns and fantasies; predecimal proofs 10 243 Australian predecimal coins 10 Session 2: Tuesday 18 July 2017, not commencing before 3pm 899 Australian financial notes and store money; predecimal banknotes 34 1036 Decimal banknotes 35 Session 3: Wednesday 19 July 2017, commencing 10am 1428 Australian decimal coins 52 Decimal precious metals coins; natural and alluvial nuggets; gold mining and other Australian 2283 68 share scrip Session 4: Thursday 20 July 2017, commencing 10am 2436 Ancient coins; world coins and medallions 71 Session 5: Thursday 20 July 2017, commencing 1.30pm 2951 World banknotes 95 Session 6: Thursday 20 July 2017, commencing 3pm Australian & world military medals and militaria; Australasian tokens and checks; internment 3148 106 camps currency; commemorative medallions 3343 Autographs; documents; cigarette and trade cards; postcards; books; Australian and world stamps 118 3528 Sporting memorabilia; badges; lodge memorabilia; gemstones; toys and games 126 3565 Jewellery/cosmetic items; watches and clocks; paintings, maps and prints; other ephemera 129 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 New on the design of a coin. Other traces of wear may also be 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 and Fine (F): The effects of handling will be quite evident from Banknotes the amount of flatness to the design of a coin.
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