Catalogue
Wood, W.D., Hobart Town halfpenny, undated (A.642). Dark red grey brown specimen-like uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $350
Pope & Co., Birmingham penny, undated (A.658). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Charles Harrold and Co., Late Joseph Lane and Son, Birmingham halfpenny, thin flan (9.01g)(A-; Hyde -; R.187). Obverse rim damage, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,700
Hogarth, Erichsen & Co., Sydney silver threepence, 1858 (A.688). Weak on right side legend, otherwise toned very fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $750
SOLD $650
Hogarth, Erichsen & Co., Sydney silver threepence, 1858 (A.689). Toned, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,200
Hogarth and Erichsen, Sydney silver threepence, 1860 (A.691, upset 180 degrees). Flan slightly chipped in manufacture, toned, good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Hogarth and Erichsen, Sydney silver threepence, 1860 (A.691), die axis 180 degrees upset. Obverse scratches (or adjustment marks?), toned good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Hogarth and Erichsen, Sydney silver threepence, 1860 (A.691), upset or 180 degree die axis. Scratched, toned nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Various issues, as per Andrews nos, A.2, 53, 129, 227, 237, 366 and 605. Very fine or better. (7)
Estimate $240
SOLD $180
New Zealand issues, A.101, 326, 378, 668. Very fine or better. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Australia, token of S.M.S. Emden, post WWI, "Kreuzer Emden" kantine token for one hundred pfennig in silver plated zinc. Some handling marks and loss of plating, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $700
Keeling Cocos Islands, twenty five cents, one, two and five rupees, 1913, serials 3932, 495, 292 and 920. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $600
SOLD $750
GCC (German Concentration Camp), Liverpool, N.S.W., 1914-1916, in aluminium (31mm) (C.1916/4). Small rim nick, some hairlines and spots on reverse, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,000
H.M.A.S. Tingira, tram pass in cupro-nickel (31mm) by G.A. Miller, Sydney, reverse stamped 222. Toned good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Various checks and tokens, includes E Z Employee's Disc 54-57, in bronze (38mm), by Stokes, pierced for suspension; also a medal for Electrolytic Zinc Co of Australasia Ltd, undated, in zinc from Risdon, Tasmania (33x35mm), with suspension ring (C.E/12); an unnamed check in brass (35mm), pierced for suspension, impressed 34; Lithgow Olympic Pool A pass 1963-1964, in cupro nickel (31x32mm), with suspension loop, reverse numbered 201; plain disc in bronze (26mm), holed for suspension, one side impressed R.H.H. (believed to be Royal Hobart Hospital); Braemar Dairy, Woodend, printed uniface vintage cardboard milk bottle wad (43mm); Canada, XV Commonwealth Games C.C.C.M. Event Management token for $1.00 in trade, 1994, in cupro nickel (20mm); Great Britain, George III penny, c1807, shaved nearly smooth and impressed on obverse, 'McLEOD'; Great Britain, P.E. Duck Shoot token in brass (20mm); A.D.F.C, N.S.W. 1D Bottle Token, in brass (26x22mm); Civic Club Hobart, 1S token in bronze (24mm); various others including plastic play money. Poor - uncirculated. (29)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Assorted issues, R.Q.Y.C. (Royal Queensland Yacht Club), seventeen tokens, 5 shillings (35), nine pennies (9), five buck 1956 medals, Australian Gold Exchange (3), Australian tokens (A.379, 651), Sydney Harbour Bridge rivet medal 1932, 1951 steel medal(?), Liberia two cents 1866, Great Britain, 18th century halfpennies (3, [Kent (2), Hampshire]), military medals BWM GV, KSA, CSGCSV Navy, WWII Pacific Star, Africa Star, coin and note wrappers. Very good - extremely fine. (approx 65)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Voyage of the Coquille, 1822, in bronze (51mm) by Andrieu, struck to commemorate the voyage around the world by the Coquille commanded by Lieut Duperney (MH 189). Dark brown, good extremely fine and rare thus.
Estimate $750
Passed in
Convict token, a George III 1797 cartwheel penny, the obverse with a cross through the portrait of George III, the reverse is shaved smooth and around the top and bottom edge is a decorative laurel pattern and curved below this at the top is inscribed, 'Dear Father and Mother', below this is an 8-pointed star above six lines of text, 'Keep this/as an Emblem/of Love, and/Gratitude/from your unfortunate/daughter', and curved around the bottom above the laurel, 'Sarah Phillips'. Good - very fine.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $5,000
Convict Love Token, in bronze (35mm, 24.18g), a shaved smooth penny on both sides, stipple engraved "J.M./When This/You See/Think Of/Me/Until/I Safe/Return To Thee/M C/1830". Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
Convict Love Token, in bronze (34mm, 14.03g) a George III, 1807 halfpenny with obverse shaved smooth and stipple engraved "J.F./Forget/Me Not/1847". Very fine.
Estimate $300
Passed in
NSW Corps, George III, cartwheel penny, 1797, with N*S*W*/*CORPS* countermarked either side of the bust on the obverse. Fine and unusual.
Estimate $500
Passed in
Port Phillip Farmers Society, instituted 1848 (issued 1857), in silver (51mm) by Arnoldi, reverse inscribed, 'Shod Saddle Horse/First Prize/to/Mr Scott/1857'. Holed at top, small dig in obverse field, contact marks and edge nicks, otherwise fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
Australasian Holy Catholic Guild of St Mary and St Joseph, 1863, in brass (55mm) with loop suspension (C.1863/1). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $220
Passed in
Australasian Holy Catholic Guild of St Mary and St Joseph, 1863, in brass (55mm) with loop mount (C.1863/1); Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Pledge medal, in white metal (42mm), undated, by Stokes & Martin, Melbourne, holed at top. First medal with some discolouration, good fine. (2)
Estimate $170
Passed in
Manufacturer's plate, c1870, for Thomas Wearne, Sydney, struck sheet metal (approx 160x285mm), features NSW state seal at top, the manufacturer's name within a wreath, with a small removable centre disc, three pierced holes for mounting. With traces of brass cleaning paste in the lettering and design, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
France, Paris Universal International Exposition, 1878, prize medal in gold (.900 fine; 84.14g; 50mm), by J.C.Chaplain at Paris Mint, obverse, laureate bust of France left, reverse, above a scene of the exhibition buildings Victory holding a wreath and trumpet and below to right is Cupid holding aloft a plaque and stamped on this in relief, 'Dalton.Freres' (Dalton Brothers). Some edge bruising, otherwise good very fine and very rare to an Australian.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $5,700
Juvenile Industrial Exhibition Melbourne, 1879-1880, in white metal (38mm) (C.1879-80/16), by Stokes & Martin. Toned and with a few spots, not pierced but marker groove at reverse top edge probably made in manufacture, otherwise uncirculated with underlying lustre and rare in this condition.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Adelaide (International Exhibition), 1881, in gold (22ct; 15.64g; 30mm) (C.1881/-), no maker's name, reverse inscribed, 'Wm Crozier/Moorna/Wool'. Hairlines and a few minor rim marks, otherwise nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,000
Perth International Exhibition, 1881, in gold (22ct; 15.82g; 30mm) (C.1881/16), by Stokes & Martin, reverse inscribed, 'Wm Crozier/for/Wool'. Minor rim nicks and some hairlines, otherwise nearly uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $4,400
W.B.A.S. (West Bourke Agricultural Society), award medal in gold by E.Altmann Melb with handcrafted ornate surround (15ct, 17.4g, 37x43mm) and loop mount, inscribed on reverse to 'Jas Bradshaw/for/Roadster Stallion/the Gift of/Sir W.C.Clarke/1886'. Good very fine.
Estimate $900
SOLD $860