Catalogue
Various issuers, as per Andrew no's A59, 61, 97, 223, 246, 265, 298, 319, 352, 378, 437, 571, 587. Fine - good very fine. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Australian tokens, a group of various penny issues including Petty, Warburton, Stokes, Parker, Hide & De Carle, Holloway (penny and halfpenny), Peace and Plenty. Very good - good very fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
S.M.S. Emden canteen check for ten pfenning (2) and fifty pfenning. Fine - very fine.(3)
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Keeling Cocos Islands, ivory or bone tokens, 1913, ten cents. Good very fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Commonwealth of Australia, World War II, Internment camp token for five shillings. Brown with some red brown, good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,000
Commonwealth of Australia, World War II, Internment camps tokens for two shillings, shilling, threepence and penny. Some mint red extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $350
SOLD $800
Commonwealth of Australia, World War II, Internment camps tokens for two shillings, shilling, threepence and penny. Good extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $450
SOLD $780
Commonwealth of Australia, World War II, Internment camps token for one penny. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Sydney Ferry passes, mostly 1950s to 1970s, plus Parramatta River Steamers and Tramway Co. Lts. (1893-1900) (S.1501, 1588), all in 2x2 holders and attributed with Seckold no.s, also first supplement 1994. Very fine - extremely fine. (35)
Estimate $400
SOLD $210
Friendly society badges, including Masonic, I.O.O.F., Protestant Alliance, R.A.O.B. Missionary, Lodge and A.O.F., a wide selection from Queensland, N.S.W. and Victoria, some described in 2 X 2's (16), mostly very fine - extremely fine. (32)
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
Rohrsheim's Bread Ticket (Port Pirie, South Australia), one loaf, bronze, (40x30mm), reverse bracteate (Carlisle R6a) rare and seldom offered. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Rohrsheim's bread Ticket (Port Pirie, South Australia), half loaf, bronze, (40x30mm), reverse bracteate (Carlisle R6b) rare and seldom offered. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Bread tokens, Broken Hill Co-operative Society Ltd. Baker, a selection of different types and metals, some in choice condition. Fine - brilliant uncirculated. (68)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Bread tokens, a selection from the Newcastle and Broken Hill area, also includes milk and ice tokens, contains several scarcer issues. Very good - brilliant uncirculated. (44)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Bread Tokens, issues mostly from the Newcastle area. Very good - uncirculated. (114)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Bread Tokens, issues mostly from the Newcastle area. Very good - uncirculated. (170)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
West Wallsend Co Operative Society, complete set of dole tokens, halfpenny, penny (bronze), threepence (aluminium-bronze), sixpence, shilling (aluminium), (Carlisle RL8a-e) said to be used during the depression, rare especially in this condition. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Armstrong Tokens, an extensive collection of Armstrong tokens, housed in plastic sheets, many with Armstrong numbers, a little duplication but a good lot. Mostly uncirculated. (198)
Estimate $750
SOLD $0
Ballina Shire Council, Ballina War Memorial Olympic Pool, set of four pool tokens, Adult, bronze; Municipality of Ballina, Adult, bronze Season token, brass, child, nickel plated, 26 sets. Very fine - extremely fine. (104)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Barney Allen, Turf Commission Agent, Melbourne, lucky farthing; brass, (22mm), Victoria Softgoods Association, (V.S.A. conjoined) one shilling, bronze (24mm); Levy Bros. Melbourne check, 1889, cupro-nickel; Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways, one penny halfpenny, black plastic; Mutual Cash Order Co. Pty Ltd. Little Collins St. Melbourne good luck check, brass; Australian Key Security Co. Queen St. Melbourne, five shilling reward check, cupro-nickel, oblong, first piece with crack in flan. Fair - very fine, includes several scarce pieces. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Club tokens, including Civic Club, Hobart, sixpence, shilling; Stock Exchange Club (S.E.C.), sixpence; Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen (C.T.W.), shilling; Renmark Club shilling, two shillings; Commercial Traveller's Association, sixpence; Prahan Club, two shillings; Newcastle Tattersall's Club, sixpence, two other types with no denomination stated; Parramatta Bowling Club, bronze, no value. Very good - very fine. (14)
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
Club tokens, Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen (C.T.W.) S.A., sixpence; Commercial Traveller's Association, Queensland, sixpence; Tattersall's Club Melbourne, shilling, sixpence; 'M.C.W.C.' shilling, two shillings, countermarked 'O.G.?' on reverse; Jas. Prunier & Co., Collins St. Melbourne, salvation brandy advertising check. Poor - good very fine. (10)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Coles Book Arcade tokens (Dean 14, 32, 42, 49, 68) together with a postcard depicting the entrance to the Book Arcade, Melbourne. Very good - very fine.(6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Gunsler's Cafe, Melbourne, two shillings, two shillings and sixpence, five shillings, silver plated brass, (24mm). Young head portrait of Queen Victoria on obverse, denomination on reverse, by Stokes and Martin. Very fine - extremely fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Gunsler's Cafe, Collins Street, Melbourne, one shilling, another (bronze), one shilling and sixpence, all with same obverse and reverse design. Different type, one shilling and sixpence with obverse legend `Gunslers Cafe, Collins St.' and denomination only on reverse, silver plated brass, (24mm). Some stains as usual, very good - very fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Masonic Club, Tasmania, one shilling and sixpence, aluminium, (22mm) holed at top; Launceston Corporation, aluminium check, (31mm) (N.H. 47, 59). Extremely fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Royal Queensland Yacht Club, set of checks consisting of nine pence and shilling (24mm), shilling (31mm), two shillings (24mm), two shillings (34mm), five shillings (29mm), and ten shillings (24mm) all in aluminium, plus no stated value check, cupro-nickel, (16mm), reverse blank (16mm). Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
St Kilda Yacht Club, collection of early membership badges, includes four early undated (19th? Century) aluminium membership badges, one round, three different shield shaped, red and white enamel on gilt metal 1908-9, 1876-1926 (50 years), 1926-27, 1929-30, 1930-31, all numbered on the back. Nice lot. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Tattersall's Club Melbourne, sixpence, brass (officially holed in five places); one shilling, cupro-nickel; Renmark Club, one shilling, brass; T & W. C(lub?) (conjoined) S.A. (South Australia), one shilling, brass (all 23-24mm). Mostly very fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Casino and Gaming Tokens, consists of a group of early tokens and chips used in Australia (33); modern Australian tokens (9) plus a small collection of French (Cannes, Monte Carlo) and U.S.A casino tokens (14). Very good - uncirculated. (56)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0