Catalogue
Kapunda Copper Mine 150th Anniversary, 1994, in copper (66mm), obverse, miner left with pick over right shoulder and sledge hammer in left hand, reverse No. 127; another, undated, in copper (64mm), obverse, two miners at work with mine buildings in background, reverse, large shovel with historical details of mine recorded thereon, at bottom, No. 127. The first with commemorative cloth bag and certificate number 0127, uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Sandhurst Antique Bottle Collectables Club, undated, award medal in bronze (51mm), obverse, knight on horseback with jousting lance, unnamed; Royal Australian Mint Coin Collector, undated, in bronze (40mm); Roger McNeice (Tas Medals) 50th Birthday Yes/No Decision Maker, 1994, in oxidised bronze (40mm); TASMEDALS Merry Christmas, 1995, in oxidised silvered (32mm); Queen Victoria Coin Centre Grand Opening, 1994, in bright gilt bronze and another in bright copper (38mm) (2), one with Free Medal compliments slip. Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
City of Armadale, Western Australia, Centenary 1894-1994, in bronze and enamel (51mm), by Sheridan; City of Albury, Albury City 50 Years, 1946-1996, in gilt bronze (47mm), by Stokes (mintage 500); also lead test strike of the obverse of this medal; Maryborough Qld Sesquicentennial Celebrations, 1997, in fine pewter (49mm) by Day Enterprises, cased with stand and information leaflet; Walter Burley Griffin 1876-1937 medal, in bronze (45mm), by Royal Australian Mint, in case with certificate; Canberra, War Memorial/Black Mountain Tower, undated, in copper (47mm), by Stokes. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Queen Victoria Coin Centre Grand Opening, 1994, in fine silver (38mm), in pack with certificate no. 10 of 50; 50th Anniversary of Numismatic Association of Victoria, 1996, in gilt bronze (38mm); The Sesquicentenary of Historic Newstead House/The Queensland Numismatic Society, 1996, in bronze (76x54mm, oval); The Matthew Flinders Bicentenary - Queensland/The Australian Numismatic Society, 1999, in oxidised silvered bronze (50mm), cased; Commemorating 100 Years of Flight/Metropolitan Coin Club, 2003, in bronze (40mm); Metropolitan Coin Club 500th General Meeting, 2003, in bronze (40mm); The Tasmanian Numismatic Society, award medal in gilt (32mm), unnamed. Uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Sydney Mint Museum, 1995, steel dies for this medal struck at the official opening of the Sydney Mint Museum on 17 May 1995, obverse die numbered around bottom edge, 'T5-008 15 G' and the reverse die numbered, 'T5-000 10 G'; also a finished medal in bronze (27mm) and another finished medal attached to a hand-written letter to Les (Carlisle) under letterhead of Dr. W.J.Mira stating that he had pushed the button to strike the attached medal and signed 'Bill'. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Royal Australian Mint, Welcome to Canberra, undated (c1996), in cupro nickel and bronze (3, vendor indicates one a trial strike), also another trial strike in copper only. The last with spot of oxidation near edge on obverse, otherwise uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Award medals, (1990s-2000), includes Victorian Ministry of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, For Outstanding Voluntary Service, in silvered bronze (60mm), unnamed; Australian Retired Persons Association Silver Power, in silvered bronze (60mm), unnamed; Earth Week Commemorative Award, in gilt bronze (31.5mm), with loop suspension and ribbon, unnamed; The Westpac Award/Australian Mathematics Competition, lead pull of obverse (64mm); Queensland National Bank, obverse struck on thin copper sheet (64.5mm); bronze medal blank (57mm). Very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Prime Ministers of Australia, undated, in 24ct gold on sterling silver (38mm) (5), includes issues for Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, John Christian Watson, George Houston Reid, and Andrew Fisher; also Australian States medals in sterling silver (44mm), includes issues for Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania. Uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $170
SOLD $100
Sterling silver medals ex sets, includes (45mm) issues for Matthew Flinders, William Dampier, John McDouall Sturt, and Capt Robert F Scott RN; also (44mm) issues for Mathew Flinders Australian Coast Surveyed, First Convict Fleet Colonising Australia, Arrival of First Fleet, and John MacArthur. Uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Australian Numismatic Society, a variety of medals in different metals and for different events, noted several (14) with coin inserts, some medals numbered, mostly in the period 2001-2014. Uncirculated except for coin inserts. (42)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Numismatic Association of Australia Conference, 2011, in bronze (38mm), obverse features Captain Cook presenting a medal to a Tasmanian aboriginal, also Sydney Mint special collector's set of three by the ANS, set no.46 of 50, in sealed plastic panel; G Dean medallic tokens; another for Scott Douglas Canadian tokens; Sofala tourist souvenir token in bronze; Austral Bronze complimentary convex medal (37mm) marked Alloy 901; tin splashes for Australian company logos (4); replica of convict love token in The Mint & Barracks folder; convict love tokens set of two in plastic in descriptive folder; also Euro blanks (2, [25mm aluminium bronze and nickel] and [29mm copper and nickel]). Mostly uncirculated. (13 + 2 sets)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Numismatic society and mint medals and badges, includes The Australian Numismatic Society Centenary Holey Dollar and Dump medal, 2013, in oxidised silvered (50mm), cased; ANS Qld Branch 500 meetings, 2004, stamped onto an Australian 1962 penny; Italian Numismatic Association Melbourne award medal, undated, in bronze (38mm), unnamed; A J Parkes Centenary medal, 1996, in bronze (57mm), cased with stand; Royal Mint London badge in maker's box; Auckland Coin Convention, 1971, in white metal (32mm) (2); San Francisco Mint commemorative, (1973), in bronze (38mm); various badges (8) for numismatic associations and other nameplates (3). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane, 1878-2014, tribute medal in polished high relief on gilt-frosted base (60mm), specially struck to commemorate Radiological Sciences as a Heritage medal for Clinical Radiology and Medical Imaging, obverse, Armorial Bearings of the Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane, with Hospital motto 'Healing, Teaching, Caring', reverse, standing figure of Sol holding a torch and with representation of lithium atoms to left and right of the figure, the medal was designed and commissioned by Emeritus Professor John Pearn AO as a gift of Professor John Masel AM and the Pearn family, bestowed in 2014 as a tribute to the service rendered by those all who have cared for patients of the Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane. In case of issue and a professionally printed descriptive certificate, uncirculated, one of only 10 produced and the only example available to collectors.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Sundial medal, in brass (40mm), with loop suspension, small pin attached to a chain and hole in medal to accommodate this pin, hand engraved, obverse, various numbers and indicators as well as Summer and Winter Solstice and Equinox and Lat 33 degrees 50 minutes S, reverse, numbers and Zodiac figures and marked 151degrees E, both these indicators are based on the user being located in Sydney. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Amor test strikes, all unfinished, includes Leeton Eisteddfod in brass (33mm) and another in copper; Seven Hills Dance Festival in brass (27mm) (5); City of Parramatta Eisteddfod in bronze (25mm); Sydney International Art Festival in brass (29x20mm), all uniface in various stages of production. Uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Hafner Mint sample medals, Australian Ski Federation (2, one gilt, one bronze) (hexagon 58x51mm); the following all in bronze, penny Farthing Championships Victoria (51mm); Head of the Schoolgirls Rowing Regatta (51mm), with suspension ring; the following all 48mm, Head of the River; another identical but no title; cricket medal in similar style but no title; another but for hockey; soccer without title; Australia map with kangaroo and boomerang, untitled; Melbourne Victoria; Marriage Medal examples (2) with identical obverse but different animal reverses; untitled medals with identical reverse design for naming recipient but different obverses (6, includes Koala, Emu, Lyre bird, Kookaburra, Possum, Trout); Victoria Police; military prize medals for Royal Military College, Officer Cadet School, Command and Staff College Queenscliffe; in silvered, Inter Service Colleges Athletic Medal (51mm), with suspension ring; also The Roaring Forties Club, in silvered (47mm). The last with a few small scuff marks, otherwise uncirculated. (25)
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
Medallist's samples, one being a uniface plaque cast in bronze plate (93x131mm), features facing bust of Charles Wiseheart; the other a medal in silvered plate (85mm) on a plate (89x93mm), features a peacock with fully raised feathers covering the entire medal, date of both unknown. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Dame Nellie Melba, vintage natural plaster wall hanging (13x16.3cm); also others of a man's bust to right wearing a beret, in plaster (15cm) (2, one white and one light tan coloured), unidentified other than on the back of one is marked, 'Ernest Davies/Hunters Hill'. The first age toned, small chip from nose and upper lip, and a few other chips and a thin scratch, fine, the other two with age toning spots, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Sydney Harbour Bridge Opened, 1932, in bronze (51mm) (C.1932/5), by W.J.Amor, edge inscribed, '1932 Rescue & Resus. Championship. A.Rennix. Bondi S.B.L.S. Club.' Smallest of edge nick on obverse, otherwise even chocolate brown uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Sydney Harbour Bridge Opened, Municipal Council of Sydney, 1932, in oxidised silvered bronze (51mm) (C.1932/6, this medal), by Amor Sydney. Edge nicks, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $1,500
Harbour Bridge Sydney, N.S.W. Opened March 19 1932, in bronze (63mm) by Angus & Coote, designed by R.M.Phipps (C.1932/7). In Angus & Coote case of issue, this with some damage, medal uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $360
Sydney Harbour Bridge, fob in sterling silver (30x25mm), obverse, features the bridge and the words 'Harbor (sic)/Bridge', reverse inscribed, 'Champion/Rivetter/B Team/April Competition/1932', with scroll designed loop suspension. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Sydney Harbour Bridge, vintage enamelled badges (4), all but one missing pin on back; another in bronze with oval bridge image atop a boomerang, pin back; another with oval (43x28mm), acrylic covered image over a copper plate base, pin back. One with enamel chips, otherwise very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Sydney Harbour Bridge badge, 1932, in brass plate, oval (23x28mm), hollow centre, pin back; another almost identical but in bright bronze, irregular with six sides (23x28mm), solid centre, pin back. Fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australian Sydney Harbour Bridge souvenir flag, as carried by school children who walked the new bridge. Some small holes and loss of material, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Official Souvenir & Programme, Opening Date 19th March, 1932, 180pp. Water stains on front cover edges, 'Hicking 3947' printed in pencil on front page, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Sydney Bridge Celebrations, 1932, Art in Australia Limited, original magazine/book, 100pp unnumbered, with bookplate of L.J.Carlisle. One page, printed both sides, missing, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932, commemorative brass plate, circular, wall-hanging plate (28.5cm), featuring an image of the Harbour Bridge in the centre and below, 'Sydney Harbour Bridge March 19 1932'. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Sydney Harbour Bridge memorabilia, an ashtray (approx 110mm), in brass and engraved with an image of the bridge title 'Sydney Harbour Bridge'; and around the edge 'North Shore Bridge Sydney'; a small dish (82mm), in EPNS with an enamelled badge of the bridge in the centre; another small dish (85mm), in bronze and struck into centre is an image of the bridge with 'Sydney Harbour Bridge' across the top. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Sydney Harbour Bridge memorabilia, impression of the Harbour Bridge on thin copper plate sheet (10x7cm); John C.W. Bridge & Co. (N'Cle) Pty Ltd, maker's tag (oval 7x4.6cm) in metal plate, at top is an image of the Harbour Bridge, a pierced hole at the sides for securing; Lions International 6th National Convention, Sydney, Australia, May 14-17, 1958, gilt metal name tag with attached ribbon, at the top half of the tag is an image of the Harbour Bridge, pin back. Fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30