Catalogue
Plain fobs, in silver, one with gold shield and one coloured khaki on obverse and with short chain a fob bar (various sizes), one by Wendts, one by K.G.Luke, Melb, and one by McAvaney, Adel, all with ring top suspension, all uninscribed. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Plain fobs, in silver, all voided (various sizes), one by Stokes and one by Barclay, all with ring top suspension, all uninscribed. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Plain fobs, in gold (9ct; 15.13g; various sizes), all with provision for initials on obverse, all with ring top suspensions and all unnamed. All with hairlines and one with pitting, otherwise fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $580
SOLD $640
Plain fobs, in voided gold (9ct; tot wt 10.97g; various sizes), all by W (Willis), all with ring top suspension, one with kangaroo and emu facing a shield with a boomerang above, all uninscribed. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $420
SOLD $480
Plain fobs, in voided gold (9ct; tot wt 11.21g; various sizes), all by W (Willis), all with ring top suspension, one with kangaroo and emu facing a shield with a boomerang above, all with initials on obverse. Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $430
SOLD $480
Plain fobs, in voided gold (15ct; tot wt 7.67g; various sizes), one by RR, all with Masonic symbol in centre, two with ring top suspension and one with scroll and ring top suspension, all unnamed. Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $490
SOLD $550
Plain fobs, in gold, one voided (9ct; tot wt 7.73g; various sizes), two with ring top suspension and one pin-back, all with map of Australia, one also with a boomerang, one with a field artillery gun and one with other items, possibly flags, all unnamed. The fob with the boomerang with edge nick and bumps, otherwise overall fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Plain fobs, one in gold plate and two in voided silver (various sizes), with ring top suspensions and all unnamed, all have a shield in the centre and one has the Sydney Harbour Bridge at the top above the shield. The first has pitting, otherwise fine and the other two are very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Plain fob, Hobart Fire Department related, in voided silver (21x29mm), by T&S, ring top suspension, unnamed. Good fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $110
Plain fobs, music related, one in silver with a small scroll section of gold and this inscribed, 'Musical Compt 1916', the other in silver with a Scottish family crest with the crest and scroll in gold, both by W.Kerr and marked S&G, both with scroll and ring top suspension and unnamed. The second with some edge nicks, otherwise both very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Plain Fob, in voided gold (9ct; 2.22g; 25x23mm), ring top suspension, features a map of Tasmania in centre, unnamed. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $110
Plain fob, in gold (9ct; 5.37g; 32mm), by W&H, ring top suspension, with bird sitting on a perch on obverse, reverse unnamed. Hairlines on centre circle and small dent on reverse, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Scottish 'Dinna Forget' pendant, with handcrafted thistles in voided gold (9ct; 1.50g; 22.5mm), ring top suspension, unnamed. A few small dents and nicks on edge, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Belgium, Societe Generale De Belgique, one and two francs, 1918 (P.86, 87); Banque Nationale De Belgique, five francs, 30.12.19 (P.74); one franc, 08.03.20 (P.92) (2) fifty francs, 30.01.45 (P.106); five francs, 29.01.23 (P.93); 14.07.27 (P.97); 25.04.38 (P.98) one thousand francs, 20.02.42 (P.110); one hundred francs, 15.02.39 (P.107); twenty francs, 30.11.44 (P.116); five francs, 01.02.43 (P.121); ten francs, 01.02.43 (P.122); one hundred francs, 23.12.48 (P.126); one thousand francs, 18.10.44 (P.128); one hundred francs, 08.05.74 (P.134); Royaume De Belgique; twenty francs, 01.07.50 (P.132); fifty francs, 03.04.56 (P.133); twenty francs, 15.06.64 (P.138); fifty francs, 16.05.66 (P.139); Belgian Congo, Banque Centrale Du Congo Belge Et Du Ruanda-Urundi, ten francs, 01.02.57 (P.30). Good - nearly uncirculated. (22)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
British Malaya, Straits Settlements, one dollar, Singapore, 1st January 1935, F/31 62616 (P.16b); The British North Borneo Company, one dollar, 1st January 1936 G443722 (P.28); Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya, one dollar, 1st July 1941, G/4 030870 (P.11). Very good. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
British North Borneo, The British North Borneo Company, fifty cents, Sandakan, 1st January 1938, 1279427 (P.27); one dollar, Sandakan, 1st January 1936, G475909 (P.28). Good very fine; very good. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $670
British West Africa, West African Currency Board, twenty shillings, Lagos, 27th May 1948, 4/H 391219 (P.8b). Uncirculated and rare as such.
Estimate $750
SOLD $850
Ceylon, Government of Ceylon, ten cents, 1.2.1942 (P.43a); twenty five cents, 1.7.1948 (P.44a); fifty cents, 14.7.1942 (P.45a); one rupee, 4.8.1943 (P.30); five rupees, 1.7.1948 (P.36a) (nEF); one rupee, 16.10.1954 (P.49b); Central Bank of Ceylon, one rupee, 1958 (P.56b). Good - nearly extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $550
Ceylon, a group from 1941 to modern, George VI (9), 1974 - 2003 (12). Very good - uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
China, Central Bank of China, one hundred yuan, 1941. Very fine - uncirculated. (32)
Estimate $80
SOLD $320
China, The Central Bank of China, one thousand yuan, 1945, 383377/8 (P.290) consecutive pair (both PMG 66 EPQ); fifty yuan, 1948, AC 497218/9 (P.403) consecutive pair (both 64 Choice Uncirculated); Japan, Japanese Military WW II, fifty sen, undated (1938) (P.M14) for use in occupied China (PMG 66 EPQ). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $360
China, People's Republic, 1960 one yuan, 2 Roman letters (5), 3 Roman letters (5), all star watermark. Very fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
China, People's Republic, Foreign Exchange Certificates, 50 yuan (2), 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 1 yuan, 50 to 10 fen. Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
China, reproductions of banknotes of the 1949 issue, 5, 100, 200 'spacious Pavilion' and 1000 'harvesting'; yuan (cf.P.814, 836, 841, 849). Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Egypt, National Bank of Egypt, 2.1.1945 (P.10); five pounds, 1940 (P.19) Egyptian Government, five piastres, undated (law 50/1940) (P.163); ten piastres, undated (2) (P.167, 168); five piastres, undated (cfP.174). Good - very good. (6)
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
Estonia, Bank of Estonia, twenty krooni, 1932 (P.64a); ten krooni, 1937 (P.67a); fifty krooni, 1929 (P.65a). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $40
SOLD $110
Fiji, Government of Fiji, provisional issue, one pound overprinted in black on a one pound Reserve Bank of New Zealand note, L. Lefeaux, 1934 (P.155), undated (1940) FI/0 126330 (P.45c). Flattened of folds otherwise, extremely fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,900
German propaganda note, WW2, with an 11-line message printed in Arabic on the reverse of an imitation Bank of England one pound, all with serial number H86D 729630 and signature of K O Peppiatt; Egypt, National Bank of Egypt, one Egyptian pound, Cairo 8th October 1936, J/26 004587, signature of E.M.Cook (P.22). The first note with splits on folds and centre fold with tape, otherwise good, the second note with folds and foxing stain on reverse, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Dartmouth General Bank, one pound, for John Hine & Henry Joseph Holdsworth, signed by John Hine, 1821, 1823, 182{?} (3); Banking ephemera, various cheques, receipts and related documents from yesteryear (approx 20). Poor - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Hong Kong, The Chartered Bank, five dollars, 1.6.1975 (P.73b) S555351/60 a run of ten. Uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200