Auction 326 27 February – 1 March 2018 PRE-SALE VIEWING 3 Redland Drive Mitcham VIC 3132 Wednesday, 21 February 2018 9:30am to 5pm Thursday, 22 February 2018 9:30am to 5pm Friday, 23 February 2018 9:30am to 5pm Saturday, 24 February 2018 10am to 3pm *Monday, 26 February 2018 9:30am to 5pm *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 326 Tuesday, 27 February 2018 commencing 9.30 am Wednesday, 28 February 2018 commencing 10 am Thursday, 1 March 2018 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 326! All absentee bids (mail, fax, email) bids must be received in Downies Australian Coin Auctions is delighted to present Sale 326 this office by1pm, Monday, 26 February 2018. We cannot – our first auction of 2018! guarantee the execution of bids received after this time. Comprising nearly 4,000 lots, Sale 326 represents a Invoices and/or goods will be mouthwatering smorgasbord of material, covering a broad range shipped as soon as practicable of collecting fields. Headlined by a 1967 Goose Gold Dollar – after the auction. Delivery of lots will be subject to the receipt of one of eight known, and the second example we have offered cleared funds. in consecutive auctions – the sale is also highlighted by an MAIL extremely rare Port Phillip Pattern Shilling, a British 1817 Half Downies ACA Sovereign, an 1859 Ansell Sovereign and seldom seen Internment PO Box 3131 Nunawading Vic 3131 Camps issues. Along with a diverse array of Australian predecimal Australia and decimal coins and notes, and thousands of items from the TELEPHONE RAM and the Perth Mint, Sale 326 also features movie, stage and +61 (0)3 8677 8800 TV memorabilia, along with militaria, antiques and ephemera. FAX +61 (0) 3 8677 8899 As always we would like to say a big thank you to all of our EMAIL vendors and also to our vast database of local, national and [email protected] international buyers. Without your continued support, we certainly WEBSITE would not be able to offer such a large array of quality items. Our www.downies.com/auctions May auction, Sale 327, already consists of several ‘pallets’ worth Prices realised of material, and we will continue to accept consignments until mid-March. If you are considering consigning, I would advise you A provisional Prices Realised list for Auction 326 will do so as soon as possible. be available at www.downies.com/auctions We are very much looking forward to 2018, and on behalf of all from noon Friday, the ACA staff, I would like to wish you a prosperous year. Enjoy 2 March 2018. your collecting! Room bidders Lots may be paid for and collected from 3 Redland Drive Mitcham from noon Friday, Ken Downie 2 March 2018 by appointment. Downies Coins Please ensure to pay for, and collect your goods by 16 March 2018. 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Page 2 Downies Australian Coin Auctions Sale No. 326 Guide to this Auction Contents LOT SESSIONS PAGE Session 1: Tuesday 27 February 2018, commencing 9.30am 1 Australian decimal coins 7 1536 Decimal precious metals coins 37 Session 2: Wednesday 28 February 2018, commencing 10am 1632 Dunolly nugget; Australasian tokens and checks; internment camps currency; agricultural and 39 exhibition awards; commemorative medallions 1741 Proclamation coins; Australian predecimal gold coins 45 Session 3: Wednesday 28 February 2018, not commencing before 11.30am 1836 Patterns and fantasies; predecimal proofs 49 1886 Australian predecimal coins 51 Session 4: Wednesday 28 February 2018, not commencing before 3pm 2420 Australian share scrip; banking and other financial documents; pre-Federation banknotes; 68 predecimal banknotes 2573 Decimal banknotes 77 Session 5 Thursday 1 March 2018, commencing 10am 2906 Australian & world military medals and militaria 87 2962 Documents; cigarette and trade cards; postcards; books; Australian and world stamps 91 Sporting memorabilia; protective services memorabilia; badges; lodge memorabilia; gemstones; 99 3131 jewellery/cosmetic items 3204 Toys and games; weights and scales; watches and clocks; paintings, maps and prints; other ephemera 103 Session 6: Thursday 1 March 2018, commencing 12 noon 3238 Antiquities; ancient coins; world coins and medallions 106 3819 World banknotes; world share scrip 133 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. 326 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.