Catalogue
Waikouaiti (Otago), Presbyterian Church, 1863 (L.375; GRW.127; C.6194; B.7114). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Port Chalmers (Otago), Presbyterian Church, 1848 (L.376; GRW.123; C.5007; B.5713). Good very fine with original colour and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $60
Green Island (Otago) Church, undated (c1868),(L.382; GRW.109; C.2667; B.3001); Waihola (Otago) Presbyterian Church, 1864 (L.387; B.7113). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Tokomairiro Church, Otago, 1860 (L.390; GRW.125; C.4785; B.5442). Affected by tin-pest, otherwise fine and scarce, with normal 180 degree die axis.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Otepopo (Otago), Presbyterian Church, 1864 (L.391; B5446). Minor blistering, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $220
SOLD $180
Invercargill (Southland), undated (c1866) (L.393; GRW.110; C.2962; B.3357). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Electrotype cast replicas, Otahuhu, 1854 (L.363); North Taieri, undated, (L.384); St John's Wellington 1878 (L.366); Free Church of Scotland, undated (L.371); Waikouaiti, 1863 (L.375); Warepa, Otago, undated (L.388); Scott Reformed Mission, 1844 (L.372). Extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Tradesmen's tokens, an accumulation of common issuers, mostly lower grades but a few better; also Manawatu Farmers, two shillings and sixpence and five shillings; United Farmers, one shilling and five shillings; Wairarapa Farmers, two shillings and sixpence. Fair - very fine. (32)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80
Miscellaneous tokens, Dunedin Tramways penny/section in white metal; Hutt Valley one pint (3, two in cupro nickel and one in copper); Runanga Co-op Society, half loaf in brass (6, all with pierced hole), quarter loaf in white metal (5); Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative Association, twenty shillings and ten shillings in cupro nickel and two shillings and sixpence, two shillings and one shilling, all in brass; Wellington City Corporation one pint in cupro nickel (3, two with centre hole, one with edge clip), one & half pints in cupro nickel with edge clip; Zone 23 Dunedin one pint in cupro nickel. Two Wellington City tokens poor, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
United Farmers' Co-operative Association, brass tokens for five shillings, undated (G.107) (2); Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative Association, brass tokens for five shillings, two shillings and sixpence (2), two shillings and one shilling (2) (G.114, 115 [2], 116, 117 [2]) (6). Fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Exhibition and commemorative, medalets and medals, 1890s-1970s, includes silver issue for Industrial Exhibition, 1898-9, Auckland (M.1898-99/4), also six HMS Ophir 1901 medals. Good - uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
United Fire Brigades Association NZ Long Service Medal, for five years service, in silver with ribbon buckle bar, named to, 'Stn Officer/Malcolm Gillies/By The/Wellington/C Fire Brigade/14-5-13.' Good extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $480
Elizabeth II, 1953-4 Royal Visit in gilt bronze (37mm) (McM.1953-4/2) VIP version in presentation box; PR (Public Relations) enamelled badge by Mayer & Kean Ltd, Wellington NZ, 216; PR Badge for Royal Visit 1958, by Bock, Wellington; Thai Royal Visit, 1965, PR badge, 456. Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
NZ Racing Conference, Trainer admission passes, 1968-1969 in enamel and gilt, 1969-1970 in enamel and chrome, 1970-1971 in enamel and gilt, all with impressed number on reverse; commemorative fob in silver wash (mostly missing) copper, obverse, Kiwi left within fern leaf wreath, shield below inscribed, 'C.H.B/V/N.S.W/1968'; Nelson College medal in silver (25mm), with suspension loop, obverse, college arms, reverse, open wreath and inscription, 'Fell/Squad/Leader/1951'; M.V.Rangitoto, NZS Co, enamel and chrome medal (26.5mm) with suspension ring; Otago Centennial, 1948, in gilt (31mm); HMS ophir medal 1901, in copper (27mm) pierced for suspension with original ribbon (M.1901/8); New Zealand silver florin recovered from earthquake, severely damaged with reverse inscribed, 'Napier 'Quake/Feb 3rd 1931'. Except for the last, very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
George III, Resolution and Adventure medal, 1772, in silver (44mm) struck from the second reverse die (without die break) by B.F. (Matthew Boulton) (MH 373; BHM 165; Eimer 744b). Toned, obverse rim nicks at 3 and 12 o'clock, attractive nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $15,000
Passed in
Captain James Cook, 'Courage and Perserverance', 1780, in bronze (37mm) in exergue 'Born 1728 Died 1779' (BHM 218; MH 375; Eimer 778). Obverse with edge bruise at 6 o'clock, light double strike on reverse, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $13,500
SOLD $19,000
Captain James Cook, memorial medal, (1784), in silver (43mm) by L.Pingo for the Royal Society (MH 374; BHM 258; Eimer 780). A little rubbed of original dark toning, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $2,500
Passed in
Captain James Cook, memorial medal, (1784), in bronze (43mm) by L.Pingo for the Royal Society (MH 374; BHM 258; Eimer 780). Attractive dark brown patina, good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
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Convict love token, engraved on a smoothed Great Britain halfpenny, obverse, 'BRIDGET/MOORE' and below a heart with arrow through it, reverse, 'Aged/28', decorative etching around edge on obverse and reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $350
Convict love token, engraved on a smoothed 1797 cartwheel penny, obverse 'when/this you see pray/think on me when/I am far away/George Sales/Cast for Death/Sept 1821', on reverse 'M.S./G.S.' within a heart with crossed arrows, letters around. Very fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $700
Convict token, impressed, 'I SMITH' on a Great Britain cartwheel penny, 1797. Host coin very good, impression extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $230
Convict love token, stippled in running script on a smoothed down George III cartwheel penny, obverse 'A H/when this/you see/remember/me' on reverse 'Until/I safe/return to thee/T H/1830'. Very fine.
Estimate $700
Passed in
Convict love token, stippled on a smoothed down George III penny, obverse 'When/I/was in p/rism and c/onfined my/dear you nev/er was out of/my mind a/keepsake', on reverse 'John/Bradsh/aw aged/17 Maria/Keney/aged 19/1840'. Very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $900
Convict love token, made from a Great Britain cartwheel penny, 1797, with reverse smoothed and an undercut groove made in the upper half and infilled with silver, stippled on the reverse, 'George/Bevan/Birmingham (this on silver infill)/Born January/the 16. 1827 Age/19. 1846/Forget Me Not/18, (flower) 1845', around the reverse edge is a stippled pattern and the rim has been given a decorative milling by hand filing. The host coin nearly very good, the rest very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $950
Cessation of Transportation, 1853, in white metal (58mm) by the Royal Mint, London (C.1853/2). In specially made fitted case, small contact mark on Queen's cheek and edge bump on reverse, otherwise mint bloom, uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $470
Cessation of Transportation, 1853, set of two in bronze and white metal (58mm) by the Royal Mint, London (C.1853/2). In specially made fitted case, small verdigris mark at left edge on reverse of bronze medal, otherwise toned uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $1,700
SOLD $2,000
The wreck of the Steamship 'Admella', 1859, in silver (51mm) (C.1859/1), by DeGruchy and Leigh (Sydney), De G & L on truncation to ground, obverse, a scene of the wreck with 'Hope to Last' on a ribbon, divided by an anchor, legend around rim 'The Admella Steamer Wrecked On Her Passage From Adelaide To Melbourne Off Cape Northumberland (6 Aug,1859)', reverse, a corded border outside a wreath enclosing, at top of the All-seeing eye, legend in field 'Awarded to 'Philip Francis' by the Victoria Colonists for Heroic Exertions in Saving Life (under Divine Providence) From The Wreck of the Admella'. In an unofficial case, many edge bumps and nicks, otherwise fine and extremely rare, a classic Australian medal.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $14,200
Ballaarat Cricket Club, 1862, handcrafted medal in silver (78mm star shape), a buckled garter imposed on a six pointed star with an early fire engine in high relief being the centrepiece, a fireman's helmet and fire fighting implements in the triangular points of the star which is framed with a fine ornamental border, with loop mount and suspension bar, engraved on obverse 'We Strive to Save', and on reverse 'Presented/to/S.Dempster/by the/Ballaarat Cricket Club/as/Winner/of the/Firemen's Race/26 Decr 1862'. An interesting and important item of Australiana, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $3,750
Passed in
H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh, Visit to Melbourne, 28 Nov 1867, in gold (23mm, 7.5gm) laying the foundation stone at Melbourne Town Hall, by T.Stokes, with loop mount (C.1867/3), inscribed around edge '??? Lawrence Contra ???'. Very good and rare.
Estimate $600
Passed in
Ricketty Dick, 1873, in bronze (22mm) (C.1873/2); Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee, 1897, in gilded (22mm) (C.1897/82); Volunteer Fire Brigade demonstration fob, undated (c1890s), in bronze (oval 27x23mm) (C.V/1); King George VI Coronation 1937 by Armidale & District, 1937, in white metal (31mm) (C.1937/24); Paddington Public School, 1981, in gilded (31mm) (C.1981/40, with suspension ribbon. Fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280