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P.M.Gs. Department Telephone Branch, Tasmania, identification tag in bronze (39mm), uniface, impressed in centre with number 49, pierced hole at top for use. Initials and scratching on reverse, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Carl Veen tokens, first advertising check in copper (33x3mm), undated (1986), uniface, 'Carl Veen/Numismatist/&/Japanese/Sword/Consultant' (only 60 struck); second advertising check in brass (33x2mm), undated (1988), obverse, as previous issue, reverse, Advance Australia above arms and below, 'Carl Veen/Sydney/New South Wales/4511736' (only 25 struck); third advertising check in brass (33x2mm), undated (1988) uniface, 'Carl Veen/Numismatist' above an arrow bearing the expression 'Your Shout' and below, 'Nihonto/Collector' (only 118 struck); another identical third advertising check but in copper (33x2mm), undated (1988) (only 12 struck). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Transportation tokens, checks, metal and tin badges, includes Sydney Harbour Ferries, Hegartys Ferries, Port Jackson & Manly Ferries, Stockton Ferries, Bellerive Ferry, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways, Brisbane Tramways, Victorian Railways, South Australian Railways, Goodyear Tyre Service Club, Vesta Batteries, Sydney Monorail car wash tokens. All described in 2x2 holders, mostly fine - very fine. (34)
Estimate $130
Passed in
Bread, milk, ferry, tea, casino and miscellaneous tokens, mostly all different, includes a small group of New Zealand milk tokens, a wide selection. Fine - uncirculated. (55)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Bread, milk, ferry, tea, casino and miscellaneous tokens, mostly all different, include a small group of New Zealand milk tokens, a wide selection. Fine - uncirculated. (56)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Bread tokens, a small group including Central Coast Co-op Society Ltd Taree one loaf, Collie Industrial Co-op Society Ltd (WA) one loaf. Mostly all different, fine - uncirculated. (23)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Milk and ice tokens, Australian Missionary College (2), Cessnock Co-op (4), R.G.Harris, Mullens Taree, Newcastle & Suburban Co-op (4), Peter Sunderland, Cessnock Co-op ice token noted. All different, mostly described in 2x2 holders, fine - good very fine. (14)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Milk tokens, Dairy Farmers, Canterbury, One Pint Bottled Milk (round), One Pint Bulk Milk (square), One Quart Bulk Milk (oblong); also Collie Indust. Co-op Soc. Ltd, one loaf (scarce), a copy of 'The Milky Way' magazine for October 1959 and 'The Bulletin' for December 1899 with many period adverts. Very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Turnstile admission tokens for various sporting venues, includes horse racing, trotting, greyhounds, swimming pools, waterworks and baths, plus South African Turf Club, all different. Fine - uncirculated. (24)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Machine tokens, amusement etc., various, including duplicates, all in gilt bronze with central holes (varying size and shape), all unused (39); a similar lot with most used, in brass, two silvered, one without a hole, map of Australia, Grundy's Surfers Paradise (24). Fine - uncirculated. (63)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Ballot box key tags, includes NSW (4), Victoria (3), South Australia (2), Tasmania (4) includes a number of types (13); rolled cents, pennies, halfpennies, sixpences, a wide selection of types, Bathex World Expo '88, Opera House, Darling Harbour, Australian Bicentennial, 100th Anniversary of Australian silver coinage, also struck on a cartwheel penny, 1797 and a Maria Theresa copper coin of 1750 (23); photocopy tokens from various universities including, NSW, Macquarie, New England, SA, Melbourne, Flinders (9) and a copy of 'Australian Ballot Box Key Tags and Electrical Seals, by W.J.D.Mira. Fine - uncirculated. (46)
Estimate $130
SOLD $80