Catalogue
New South Wales, fifteen pence or dump, 1813 (Mira dies A/1) traces of the reverse of the Spanish American eight reales on the reverse. Deep gun metal grey toned, well struck up on the obverse, good very fine with obverse being nearly extremely fine on the right hand side, a most attractive example of Australia's first coin.
Estimate $70,000
SOLD $77,000
Queen Victoria, second type, Sydney Mint sovereign, 1866. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $450
Queen Victoria, young head, shield reverse, sovereign, 1878 Sydney. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Queen Victoria, young head sovereign, 1883 Melbourne, St. George reverse (McD 165a). Considerable brilliance, choice uncirculated.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
Queen Victoria, Jubilee head sovereign, 1891 Melbourne, long tail (McD 183). Considerable mint bloom, nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,250
Queen Victoria, old head sovereigns, 1899 and 1901 Melbourne. Good very fine; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $360
SOLD $370
Edward VII sovereign, 1905 Perth; George V sovereigns, 1911 Sydney and small head type, 1931 Perth. Good extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $550
SOLD $550
Edward VII - George V, half sovereigns, 1908 London, 1910, 1911, 1912 (2), 1914 Sydney. Fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $540
SOLD $560
George VI, crowns, 1937(2), 1938; florin, 1951, Jubilee. Also tradesmen's tokens as per Andrews nos. 103, 280, 300, 359, 378, 381, 382. France, Napoleon III, gold five francs, 1862A. The last holed, otherwise fine - good very fine. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
George V, Melbourne Centenary florin, 1934-35. Lightly toned, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
George VI, silver shilling, 194(2-4 S), struck nearly 50 percent off centre. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
George VI, florin 1947, shilling 19--. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Elizabeth II, twenty cents, 1969, struck from two obverse dies, aligned at 180ø. Soft strike on top of head both sides, one without hairlines, nearly uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,100
Elizabeth II, fifty cents (circa 1974) double reverse. Good extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,250
Elizabeth II, ten cents, 1988, full obverse brockage (5.61 g.). Choice uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,150
Pacific; Australia, George VI silver crowns 1937; New Zealand silver halfcrown 1940 (Centennial); Fiji, cupro-nickel halfpenny 1934, 1950, 1952, 1954, penny 1934, 1936, 1937, brass threepence 1967, silver sixpence 1937, Territory of New Guinea bronze penny 1936 (2); Indian Ocean, Keeling Cocos Islands mint set of seven, five cents to five rupees 1977; Portuguese Timor, silver 50 avos 1945, 1948, 1951, 1958, bronze 20 centavos, 1970 and Portugal 1970 20 centavos. Extremely fine - FDC. (26)
Estimate $150
SOLD $270
Territory of New Guinea, George V, pattern or proof only halfpenny and penny, 1929, in cupro-nickel. Light even tone, brilliant, nearly FDC and rare. (2)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,750
New Caledonia, Societe Anonyme, "specimen" of nickel token coinage, for five and twenty five centimes, 1881. Societe France Australienne, Digeon & Co., Gomen, nickel five francs, 1882. The first very fine, others extremely fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,150
New Hebrides, Aneiteum, 1852 (GRW.351; C.4545). Considerable original colour, good extremely fine and rare, especially in this condition.
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
New Hebrides, Efate, undated (circa 1903) in aluminium (GRW.353; C.2119). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Keeling Cocos Islands, bone or ivory token, five cents, 1913, 1912. Good extremely fine and rare in this condition, probably the finest known.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,100
Keeling Cocos Islands, bone or ivory token, ten cents, 1913, 4408. Extremely fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $700
SOLD $800
Keeling Cocos Islands, bone or ivory token, fifty cents, 1913, 1557. Extremely fine and rare in this condition, one of the finest known.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,150
Keeling Cocos Islands, bone or ivory tokens, twenty five cents, 1913 (3543); five rupees, 1913 (588). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $540
Keeling Cocos Islands, complete set of plastic tokens, 1968, one cent to twenty five rupees. Nearly uncirculated and rare. (10)
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $2,300
New Zealand, George VI, Royal Mint London uniface silver proof of the reverse of the florin, 1937 (11.32g). Attractively toned, brilliant FDC and excessively rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $8,800
New Zealand, George VI, Royal Mint London uniface silver proof of the reverse of the sixpence, 1937 (2.83g). Attractively toned brilliant FDC and excessively rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $5,600
New Zealand, George VI, silver halfcrown 1942. Full original mint bloom, uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $460
New Zealand, George VI, cupro-nickel halfcrowns, 1947, cupro-nickel florins, 1949, 1950 and 1951. Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
New Zealand, George VI, cupro-nickel florin, 1947. Full original mint bloom, uncirculated and scarce in this condition.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220