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Wreck of Ben Venue & City of Perth, Timaru, 1882, struck in silver (43x38mm), by S.Reading (Dunedin), ring top with bar (probably originally with ribbon), inscribed on obverse 'J.Cracknell' (M.1882/1). Lightly toned, extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $4,500
SOLD $2,700
Commemorative medallions, as per Morel numbers (M.1882/2 gilt, /3, /5 (2, silver and gilt), /7 gilt, /11 (2, brass and gilt), /14, /21, /25 (silver, awarded)). Very good - extremely fine, the last with pin mount removed from obverse and illustrated. (10)
Estimate $750
SOLD $500
(New Zealand International Exhibition), (Christchurch, 1882), struck in silver (22mm), no maker, pierced hole at top (plugged), initials inscribed on reverse, obverse as reverse of M.1882/3 and reverse as M.1882/8 (M.-). Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $500
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Medalets, 1882-1919, noted New Zealand Exhibition (M.1882/7 gilt [holed]); Railway League, Canterbury, Westland, Nelson (M.1884-5/1 lead); New Zealand South Seas Exhibition (M.1889-90/2 brass, silver [2]) (M.1889-90/8) [illustrated]; Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee (M.1897/6 white metal, /9 gilt [illustrated]); Auckland Industrial Exhibition (M.1898-99/7 gilt); Canterbury Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (M.1900/21, /32 copper [illustrated]); HMS New Zealand (M.1913/2 gilt); Historical Society of New Zealand, Wahine medal in copper (38mm). Poor - uncirculated. (44)
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in gold (22ct, 3.9g, 19mm), no maker, pierced at top, overstruck on a British Queen Victoria young head half sovereign, the undertype visible on both sides, reverse inscribed with initials 'A.T.' (M.1882/10). Slightly bent, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,000
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in gold (probably 9ct, 3.5g, 19mm), no maker, pierced at top (M.1882/11). Very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $800
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Medalets, 1882-1940, sorted by Morel numbers (M.1882/15, 1887/1, 1887/4, 1887/6 (2), 1887/9, 1889-90/3 (2), 1889-90/10, 1890/3, 1890/4, 1897/2, 1897/4, 1897/5 (4), 1897/6, 1897/8, 1897-98/1, 1898/1, 1898/7 (2), 1898/8, 1898-99/1, 1898-99/2, 1898-99/3, 1898-99/7, 1898-99/9, 1900/19 (2), 1900/20, 1900-01/1, 1901/6, 1901/8, 1901/10 (4), 1901/11, 1901/12, 1901/13 (2), 1901/14, 1902/9, 1902/10 (2), 1902/12, 1902/13, 1904/6 (2), 1906-07/13, 1906-07/21 (2), 1906-07/23 (2), 1906-07/25, 1907/1, 1907/2, 1907/3, 1907/4 (2), 1907/5, 1911/5 (2), 1911/7, 1913-14/5, 1919/1, 1919/8, 1919/10, 1919/11, 1919/12, 1919/13A, 1925-26/13, 1938/6, 1940/9, 1940/14) (77), also sundry other tokens and medallions (10). All annotated in 2x2 holders and housed in a slide box, fair - extremely fine, some scarce. (87)
Estimate $600
SOLD $440
Commemorative medals and medalets, a group from 1882-1940, with owner's typed list by Morel numbers, noted M.1882/21 (white metal) [illustrated], M.1900/3 (white metal), M.1900/17 (gilt), M.1900/18 (white metal), M.1900/21 (aluminium) (2), M.1902/15 (gilt), M.1908/4 (lead) (2), M.1919/2 (lead) [illustrated], M.1919/7 (bronze), M.1925-26/13 (aluminium) [illustrated]; also, Lockheed P-3 Orion RNZAF, 1966 (M&P.1966/3) [illustrated]; also, Royal Horticultural Society prize medal, in bronze (45mm), reverse inscribed 'NZ & S.S.I.Ex./H.McDowell-Smith/Model House & Garden/25-1-26' [illustrated] (cased). All annotated in 2x2 holders in a box, good - uncirculated, many scarce. (104)
Estimate $2,500
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver (35.5mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Messrs Lees Rork/& Moore/For/Patent Barbed Wire' (M.1882/25). Toned, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver (35.5mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'T.Jones/N.Z.I.E./Ch.Ch./1882' (M.1882/25). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver (35.5mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'R.Buchanan' (M.1882/25). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver (35.5mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'P.Schourup' (M.1882/25). Toned, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver (35.5mm), no maker, uninscribed (M.1882/25). Good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver (35.5mm), no maker, uninscribed (M.1882/25). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in gilt (35.5mm), no maker, uninscribed (M.1882/25). Good very fine and very rare, not listed by Morel in gilt.
Estimate $600
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver gilt (35.5x3mm), reverse inscribed 'John/Corbett/M.P.' (M.-, cfM.1882/25). Toned on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine and very rare, in an official fitted case from the exhibition.
Estimate $1,250
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver gilt (35.5mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Morris/Little & Co' (cfM.1882/25, M.-). Minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,000
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in silver gilt (35.5mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'S.Hemingway & Co/Bradford' (cfM.1882/25, M.-). Nearly extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,000
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New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882, struck in bronze (35.5mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Saml./Gulliver/& Co' (cfM.1882/25, M.-). Good extremely fine and an extremely rare combination of dies.
Estimate $600
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N.Z. Industrial Exhibition, Wellington, 1885, struck in silver gilt (42mm), by S.Kohn (Siegfried Kohn, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'Edward H.Hill' (M.1885/1). Nearly extremely fine and very rare, especially with this finish.
Estimate $750
SOLD $450
N.Z. Industrial Exhibition, Wellington, 1885, struck in silver (42mm), by S.Kohn (Siegfried Kohn, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'Bock & Cousins' (M.1885/1). Obverse with dark toning, considerable underlying mint bloom, virtually uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
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N.Z. Industrial Exhibition, Wellington, 1885, struck in silver (42mm), by S.Kohn (Siegfried Kohn, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'Adela M.C.Medley' (M.1885/1). Virtually uncirculated and very rare, especially in this condition.
Estimate $850
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N.Z. Industrial Exhibition, Wellington, 1885, struck in silver (42mm), by S.Kohn (Siegfried Kohn, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'T.J.Harbutt' (M.1885/1). Toned, good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
N.Z. Industrial Exhibition, Wellington, 1885, struck in silver (42mm), by S.Kohn (Siegfried Kohn, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'N.Z./Manure & Chemical/Co.' (M.1885/1). Toned, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Commemorative medallions, as per Morel numbers (M.1885/2, gilt, /3 silver, 1887/1 gilt, 1887/2 gilt (2), 1887/3 [illustrated], /4 gilt, /5 gilt [illustrated], /6 (2, silvered and gilt), /10 [illustrated]). Fine to extremely fine, the last very rare. (11)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, Wellington, 1885, Prize Essay Competition, inscribed medal struck in gold (probably 18ct, tot wt 25.7g, 30mm), by S.Kohn & Co, Wellington, N.Z., ring top with bar and ribbon, reverse inscribed 'Awarded to/W.Reeve Haselden' - 'Press Onward' (M.-). Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $900
Nelson, handcrafted in silver with an 1887 gold sovereign inset (38mm, tot wt 30.4g), by B&K (Brown & Kerr, Nelson), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Prize Medal/Jubilee of Queen Victoria/1837.1887/Nelson N.Z.'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $700
Commemorative medallions, as per Morel numbers (M.1889-90/2 (3, silver [2] and gilt), /3 silver (2), /4 silver, /5 silver, /6 (3, silver [2] and gilt), /10 gilt, /11 [illustrated and extremely rare], /12 silver (2), /14 [illustrated and very rare], 1890/4 (2, silver and copper), /5 [very rare and illustrated]). Fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $900
New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1889-1890, struck in gold (probably 9ct, 2.5g, 22x17mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension (M.1889-90/3). Good fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $700
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New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1889-90, struck in gold (tested 9ct, 4.1g, 19.5mm), by Stokes & Martin (Melbourne), scroll and ring top suspension (M.1889-90/6). Very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,250
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