Catalogue
Netherlands, Utrecht gold ducat, 1724 (KM.7.1). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
Netherlands, Utrecht gold ducat 1803 (KM.11.3). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Netherlands, Holland, three gulden, 1795 (KM.77). Toned, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Peru, Charles III, gold eight escudos, 1774 Lima (KM.82.1). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,600
SOLD $1,550
Netherlands, Westfriesland, one gulden, 1794 (KM.97.5). Toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Peru, Charles IIII, eight escudos, 1798IJ Lima (KM.101). Old red toning, good very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck on a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight reales 1791FM (Mira-Noble 1791/5, dies A/5: I/3). Toned, reverse one mm edge break from manufacture at 4 o'clock, otherwise very fine or better, countermarks good very fine and very rare in this condition.
Estimate $100,000
SOLD $98,000
New South Wales, five shillings or holey dollar, 1813, struck from a Charles IIII, Bolivian eight reales, 1804PJ Potosi Mint, countermark dies I/8: A/11 (Mira-Noble, unlisted). Old test cut at 2 o'clock, evenly worn but both countermarks complete and clear, good fine and very rare.
Estimate $45,000
SOLD $43,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies D/2). Traces of the reverse of the original coin on the obverse, diagonal die break from rim, through second 1 of date to just below the crown, attractively toned, nearly extremely fine and one of the finest known, very rare thus.
Estimate $40,000
SOLD $41,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1). Traces of reverse of the host coin on the reverse, uneven tone, good fine/nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $6,000
Passed in
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1). Traces of reverse of original coin on the reverse, fine/nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $4,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1). Evenly worn smooth, good/very good.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies D/2). Crown clear, rust stain either side at edge, otherwise fair.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,000
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813, coat button replica circa 1860, plain edge. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,050
New South Wales, contemporary forgery of a fifteen pence or dump, c1830s, made to simulate a worn dump then in circulation, only the crown is on the die, thin flan and edge with straight graining (2.94 grams). Worn or made worn, fair and the only example we have seen.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,100
Adelaide Assay Office, electrotype of ingot (Hunt Deacon 6). In black lucite holder, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,000
Adelaide Assay Office, electrotype of ingot (Hunt Deacon 6) by G W (George Wilkins) in about 1967. Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,900
Adelaide pound, 1852, second type with crenellated inner circle on reverse. Early die state, considerable original mint bloom and well struck, nearly uncirculated and very rare in this condition, one of the finest known.
Estimate $35,000
SOLD $38,000
Adelaide pound, second type, 1852, with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Early die state, reverse brilliance, small graffito X scratched at 12 o'clock on obverse, minor hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $25,000
Passed in
Adelaide pound, 1852, second type with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Later die state with five notch dots above in carats, nearly very fine.
Estimate $7,500
SOLD $9,400
Adelaide pound, 1852, second type with crenellated inner circle on the reverse. Later die state with five dots above 2 and C of carats, shallow strike, some mint bloom, very fine or better.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $10,000
Port Phillip Kangaroo Office, restrike in gilt bronze (29mm, 10.88g), plain edge, obv. die rusted, around 'PORT PHILLIP AUSTRALIA, 1853', kangaroo to right, rev. die rusted, 'PURE AUSTRALIAN GOLD, ONE OUNCE'. Extremely fine, struck from original dies by Stokes circa 1917, extremely rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,600
Queen Victoria, first type, 1855, with filletted head left by James Wyon. Good very fine.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $3,500
Queen Victoria, first type, 1855. Very fine.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,400
Queen Victoria, first type, 1855. Surface marking on portrait, otherwise toned very fine and rare.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,400
Queen Victoria, first type, 1856. Minor rim nicks and field marks, some dirt in reverse denticles, lettering and wreath, original surface good very fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $7,500
Passed in
Queen Victoria, first type, 1856. Evenly worn, good fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,900
Queen Victoria, second type, 1857. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
Queen Victoria, second type, 1859. Good very fine.
Estimate $750
Passed in
Queen Victoria, second type, 1861. Extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $720