Catalogue
Casino and gaming tokens, containas a group of early tokens and chips used in Australia (10); and a selection of modern Australian chips from a wide range of casinos. (16). Very good - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Northern Territory Beef Roads (2), one stubloon, 1970, in brass (30 mm), 1973, in brass (30 mm). Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Rail/Ferry pass, 2 (2nd class) Wolstoncraft. Cir(cular) Quay (see Seckold p63) in nickelled brass (?). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $850
Railway Passes: Victoria - Aluminium (30mm x 22mm) vertical with VR and station name, month & year in circles and holders name engraved, in a variety of colours and detail combinations, all different but for five (33); State Transport Authority Victoria, locker token; Queensland - Aluminium diamond shape (22mm x 22mm) with Queensland Govt Rlys around a central disc which has the number 2 at the side mid-points and is blank pending insertion of badge number in black, mostly different with two having the number voided and another being a blank specimen (64). Very fine. (97)
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
N.S.W. Railway Employee Tokens and Transport Badges: Employee's Passes - Aluminium (35mm) with various work location names, some with an impressed pass number and others blank (13); similar but in cupro-nickel (37mm) and with number impressed and painted red (5); similar but in brass with impressed numbers (8); Aluminium oval disc with the inscription ' The Finder Of This Key Should Hand It In To Any Railway Station'; uniface aluminium pass (30mm) for P.M.G.s Depart New South Wales Elect Engineer's Branch; S.R.A. N.S.W. locker token in bronze (28mm); NSWGR Pass for Canley Vale & Central for 1974 in cupro-nickel voided (33mm x 23mm); Transport Workers Union N.S.W. Branch 100 year commemorative union badge 1988 in cupro-nickel (Smith 639) (4); Widow of World War I Veterans Travel Pass two varieties (4); World War I Veterans Travel Pass both identical (2). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Tramway Tokens and Passes: Brisbane Tramway, enamelled badges bearing the initials BT are oval, hexagon or round and are in various colours, offered here are combinations of yellow and blue, black and cream, black and yellow and blue and white (7); Ballarat Electric Tramways, plastic tokens (21mm) dated 1913 in pink for 1 1/2d (5) and green for 2d (4), five of the total are holed; Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways bronze token (21mm) for 1 1/2d (2); Melbourne - Brighton Bus Lines brass token (22mm) for Free Bus Ride (2); North Melbourne Electric Tramways & Lighting Co Employee's Pass in bronze (30mm) c.1920's (2) very scarce; Corporation of the City of Launceston Tram Passes issued to staff for use while on official business, second issue in brass (NH64) (3) and third issue in aluminium (NH65) (2) all numbered on reverse and all scarce particularly the brass issue. Very fine. (27)
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Municipal Tramways Trust, Adelaide, South Australia: Employee Passes, oval copper badge with green enamelled obverse and initials MTT, reverse bears serial number, made by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane (30mm x 20mm), loop suspension, a rare bulk offering of outdated badges which includes badge no. 0002 (90); Employee Passes, circular copper badge (24mm) enamelled in red and white with gold initials MTT and loop suspension by A.J. Parkes Brisbane and small numbers on reverse (4), also identical type but in cupro-nickel and with large numbers on reverse (7); two oval hat badges in black enamel and silver, one being of the early type with numbers voided in the centre whereas the second badge has the numbers in black, both by Stokes, Melb (2). The lot also includes The Adelaide Tramways Pocket Guide being an illustrated catalogue of MTT rolling stock 1909-74. Very fine. (104)
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Department of road transport and tramways, crowned oval employees cap badge, early period (1932-1952) C.1932-45? (2); Public Transport Commission of N.S.W oval railway employees numbered cap badges. (9). Nearly very fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Garden Island Naval Dockyard Sydney, employees pass, brass (34 mm) "G.1" and three digit number, another four digit number; naval dockyard police buttons large, small (2); C.U. & L.M.S acting able seaman tin badge; sailors day 2/- pin; merchant seaman's appeal, M.N. British Sailors society. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
N.S.W. Government Tramways, early Sydney one penny cardboard Tram tickets (1890's-includes the design of a Queen Victoria old head penny), overprinted' OS in red, rare as a block of five with overprint. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
N.S.W. Tram Tickets in cardboard: N.S.W. Goverment Tramways (all tickets 10mm x 47mm unless otherwise recorded) - Railway & Bent St 3/4d in red with emu & kangaroo (3); one penny light blue with Britannia 1894 below & Queen Victoria; one penny blue with Britannia & N.S.W. shield with each of the tickets a different shade of blue (4); one penny purple Apprentice; one penny blue with Britannia & N.S.W. shield with red X across and red OS overprint (2); one penny blue with Britannia & N.S.W. shield with Military Service overprinted in red; one penny blue with Britannia & N.S.W. shield with green X across and red Departmental Omnibus overprint; three pence green with N.S.W. shield; three pence green with N.S.W. shield with Ambulance overprint in black; Tramways & Omnibus Co Sydney Limited two pence blue (25mm x 47mm) denomination in circle (2); Government Tramways one penny (25mm x 25mm) overprinted red on yellow. One of the second last group of tickets has a small tear at one corner otherwise all tickets fine - very fine and scarce. (18)
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Trains and Tramways Tickets, various States, many scarce issues all mounted on sheets in an album as well as two Weekly Ticket books issued by A.J. Wagg Lindfield Motor Service, one red and the other grey. An interesting selection. Very fine. (196)
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Government Time Table and Fares (68mm x 88mm) from 28th January 1890 comprising 81 pages of detailed information for Sydney tramway network at the time; Tram Timetables Waratah Line (Newcastle) 1950 commencing February 27. Very fine, the first item very scarce.
Estimate $450
SOLD $0
Sydney Harbour Bridge memorabilia, tram tickets, department of Road Transport and Tramways (1932-1940's) General Daily Issues 1d., 2d.; NSW Government Tramways tickets, (1940's) 3d. (two green bars), 3d. (two red bars), 6d., 7d., 8d. Department of Road Transport and Tramways (1932-1940's?) Sunday Issues 1d; NSW Government Tramways tickets, (1940's) 4d., 7d., 8d., 9d. all with additional red "S" "Sunday Surcharge". Complete(?) set of all the general daily and Sunday Surcharge issues used to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge up to the 1940's, rare as a set. Fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Anglo-Saxon, Frisian or Continental Series, "Standard" type, Series D, Type 2C, heavy series, silver sceat, c.A.D. 695-740, obv. bust to right, pseudo-runes, rev. plain cross with pellets in angles, (S.839, Metcalf 158ff). Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $340
Burgred, King of Mercia (852-874), silver penny, (1.04 grams), obv. bust to right, around BVRGRED REX, rev. MON/DIGA/ETA in three lines between unbroken lunettes, (Moneyer Diga), (S.938, N.423). Lightly toned, broken about the edge, very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $330
Cnut, (1016-1035), silver penny, quatrefoil type, issued 1017-1023, obv. CNVT REX ANGLOX, rev. +EA LDR ED M ThETh, (Ealdred of Thetford), (S.1157, N.781, Br.2, BMC type viii, 272). Weak in places, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $220
SOLD $240
Cnut, (1016-1035), silver penny, pointed helmet type, issued 1024-1030, (1.028 grams), obv. pointed helmet bust left with sceptre, around CNVT R.X A.NG, rev, short cross voied, around PVNSTAN ON LVND., (Wynstan of London), (S.1158, N.787, Br.3, BMC xiv). Flan slightly wrinkled, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $340
Edward the Confessor, (1042-1066), silver penny, sovereign/eagles type (1056-1059), CAnterbury mint, obv. King enthroned, holding orb, rev. cross, eagles in angles and annulets in two angles, ELRED ON FENTEN, (Aelfraed of Canterbury mint) (S.1181, N.827, BMC.IX, 78, SCBI Latvia 188 var. Minor striking crack at 11.00, extremely fine with interesting mint signature error and rare.
Estimate $650
SOLD $660
John, (1199-1216), 'short cross' coinage, silver penny, Pieres of Chichester, type 5b (S.1351, N.970); Henry III, (1216-1272), similar, type 7b, rev. Willem of Canterbury mint and another Ioan of Canterbury, (S.1356); another 'long cross' silver penny Nicole of Canterbury type Vb (S.1368). First coin holed but rare, otherwise fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Henry III, (1216-1272), silver penny, long cross issue, class 3c, issued 1248-1250, NIC/OLE/ON L/VND, London mint, (S.1364, N.988); another class 2, issued 1248, HEN/RI O/N LV/NDE, (S.1361, N.985). Toned, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $170
Henry III, (1216-1272), silver penny, long cross issues, class Vc, issued 1251-1272, HEN/RI O/N LV/NDE, London mint, (S.1369, N.993). Peripheral tone, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Henry III (1216-1272) long cross coinage 1247-72, penny, with sceptre London, class Vd (S.1370); Ireland, Edward I (1272-1307), silver penny, Dublin (S.6246). Weak areas, second coin holed, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Edward I, (1272-1307), 'long cross' coinage (1279-1307), pennies, York mint, type 3e (S.1391); London mint, type 3d (S.1390); Edward III, (1327-1377), London mint, florin coinage, issued 1344-1351, silver halfpenny with Lombardic n's (N.1131, S.1557); Richard III, (1483-1485), York mint, issue of Archbishop Rotherham with T and upright key beside neck, (S.2166). Last coin poor and clipped, third coin with piece out of edge, otherwise very good - fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Edward I, (1272-1307) silver penny, London, class 3g (S.1393). Strong portrait, golden peripheral tone, good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $190
Edward I, (1272-1307), 'long cross' coinage (1279-1307), pennies, York mint type 9b (S.1408); London mint and Canterbury mint, type 10b (S.1410). Very good - fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Edward I - Charles II, silver pennies (3), London mint Type X (2) and Berwick on Tweed mint, (S.1415); Edward III, halfpenny with star after AN on obverse, (S.1540); Charles I, twopence, mm sun, 1645-6, under Parliament, (S.2836); Charles II, silver hammered penny mm crown, (S.3327). The Edward I - III issues with old rectangular tickets with reverses in aluminium foil mounted on the tickets, very good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Henry V, (1413-1422), silver groat, London mint, plain cross, mullet on right shoulder, Series C normal bust, rev. CIVI TAS LON DON, (S.1765, N.1367b). Very fine fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Henry VI (1422-61), annulet issue (1422-7), silver groat, Calais, mm pierced cross (S.1836). Bright, very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Henry VI, first reign, (1422-1461), silver groat, annulet coinage, issued 1422-1427, Calais mint, annulets on obverse and in two quarters of the reverse, (S.1836, N.1424); Henry VII, (1485-1509), silver halfgroats (2), Canterbury mint, mm. tun, (1493-5), (S.2210, N.1712). Generally fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150