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325 17 – 19 October 2017 Auction Downies Australian Coin Auctions 17 – 19 October 2017 Auction 325 PRE-SALE VIEWING 3 Redland Drive Mitcham VIC 3132 Wednesday, 11 October 2017 9:30am to 5pm Thursday, 12 October 2017 9:30am to 5pm Friday, 13 October 2017 9:30am to 5pm Saturday, 14 October 2017 10am to 3pm *Monday, 16 October 2017 9:30am to 5pm *Tuesday, 17 October 2017 9:30am to noon *Priority will be given to interstate and overseas viewers 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 8677 8800 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 [email protected] Auction 325 Tuesday, 17 October 2017 commencing 1 pm Wednesday, 18 October 2017 commencing 10 am Thursday, 19 October 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 8677 8800 Fax: +61 (0)3 8677 8899 [email protected] Mail bidders Welcome to Sale 325! All absentee bids (mail, fax, email) bids must be received in The third and final Downies ACA sale for 2017 is yet another this office by1pm, Monday, 16 October 2017. We cannot collectable extravaganza – jam-packed with material catering for elite guarantee the execution of and fledgling collectors alike! bids received after this time. Invoices and/or goods will be Having received large consignments from right around Australia, as shipped as soon as practicable well as consignments from the USA, UK, Europe, the Middle East and after the auction. Delivery of lots will be subject to the receipt of India, Sale 325 comprises close to 3,400 lots. As always, the sale is cleared funds. underpinned by our traditionally diverse array of material – from rare to eclectic to affordable items. Including decimal and predecimal, MAIL Downies ACA RAM and Perth Mint issues, Australian and world banknotes, as well PO Box 3131 as an abundance of world and Proclamation coins, there’s something Nunawading Vic 3131 for everyone in Sale 325. Australia TELEPHONE Celebrating our 85th birthday in 2017, Downies is particularly proud +61 (0)3 8677 8800 to be able to offer a variety of items locked in private hands for FAX decades. Among many highlights, Sale 325 comprises a New South +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 Wales 1813 Holey Dollar and Dump, a gold ‘Goose Dollar’, one of EMAIL only 10 struck, a 1930 Penny, a PCGS 1914H Florin Gem Unc (MS65 [email protected] with great eye appeal), a large consignment of gold sovereigns, as WEBSITE well as Uncirculated predecimal coins. www.downies.com/auctions Pre-sale viewing will take place at our Head Office in Mitcham, and Prices realised for our interstate and overseas clients, our extensively illustrated online catalogue and listings will provide you with a detailed A provisional Prices Realised list for Auction 325 will description of each lot. be available at www.downies.com/auctions To our regular vendors, we remain appreciative of your continued from noon Friday, support and look forward to working with you again in 2018. 20 October 2017. With Melbourne hosting the ANDA Money Expo in early September, Room bidders Sale 325 in mid-October and the ANA Biennial Conference soon Lots may be paid for and thereafter, ‘the world’s most liveable city’ should also be known as collected from 3 Redland Drive ‘Australia’s Numismatic Capital’! Mitcham from noon Friday, 20 October 2017 by appointment. On behalf of the ACA team, all the best for 2017. Enjoy your collecting! Please ensure to pay for, and collect your goods by Friday, 3 November 2017. Terms and conditions: Please note a change to buyer’s commission Ken Downie and credit card charges 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. 325 Guide to this Auction Contents LOT SESSIONS PAGE Session 1: Tuesday 17 October 2017, commencing 1pm 1 Australian & world military medals and militaria; Aboriginal breastplate 7 60 Documents; cigarette and trade cards; postcards; books; Australian and world stamps 10 295 Sporting memorabilia; badges; lodge memorabilia; gemstones; jewellery/cosmetic items 25 370 Toys and games; weights and scales; watches and clocks; paintings, maps and prints; other ephemera 30 Session 2: Tuesday 17 October 2017, not commencing before 3.30pm 445 Antiquities; ancient coins; world coins and medallions 35 814 World banknotes 50 Session 3: Wednesday 18 October 2017, commencing 10am 886 Australian decimal coins 54 2036 Decimal precious metals coins 75 Session 4: Thursday 19 October 2017, commencing 10am Australasian tokens and checks; internment camps currency; agricultural awards; 2166 77 commemorative medallions 2246 Proclamation coins; Australian predecimal gold coins 82 Session 5: Thursday 19 October 2017, commencing 11.15am 2345 Patterns and fantasies; predecimal proofs 86 2373 Australian predecimal coins 87 Session 6: Thursday 19 October 2017, commencing 2pm 2784 Australian share scrip; banking and other financial documents; predecimal banknotes 97 2919 Specimen banknote; decimal banknotes 103 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. 325 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.