Catalogue
Washington and Fanning Islands, checks in aluminium for $1.00, 50 cents and 25 cents. Considerable brilliance on the second and third, very fine, extremely fine; extremely fine, second and third rare. (3)
Estimate $600
SOLD $400
Western Samoa, proof talas, 1970 Cook, 1978 Commonwealth Games, also mint tala 1978 Games; proof silver ten talas, 1980 Olympics (2); mint silver ten talas, 1980 Olympics (2). Uncirculated - FDC. (7)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Yugoslavia, Alexander I, proof ten dinara, 1931, London mint (KM.10). Toned, nearly FDC and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,300
Yugoslavia, Alexander I, proof fifty dinara, 1932, London mint (KM.16). Unevenly toned, FDC and very rare.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $3,000
UNICEF, International Year of the Child, partial silver set, Bulgaria, ten leva, 1979 (KM.104); Ethiopia, twenty birr, EE1972 (KM.54); Hungary, two hundred forint, 1979 (KM.615); India, one hundred rupees, 1981 (KM.277); Jamaica, ten dollars, 1979 (KM.80); Lesotho, ten maloti, 1979 (KM.24); Netherlands Antilles, twenty five gulden, 1979 (KM.22); Philippines, fifty piso, 1979 (KM.229). In official UNICEF case with certificates, FDC. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
UNICEF, International Year of the Child, proof silver coins, complete set of thirty coins. In UNICEF case of issue, with certificates and leaflets except for combined leaflet for Hungary/Philippines, almost twenty one ounces of pure silver, FDC. (30)
Estimate $500
SOLD $660
UNICEF, International Year of the Child proof silver coins, partial set of twenty-two of a thirty coin set, countries included are Bolivia, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hungary, Jamaica, Jordan, Lesotho, Maldives, Malta, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Zambia. In UNICEF case of issue, backing felt loose on trays, almost fifteen ounces of pure silver, FDC. (22)
Estimate $330
SOLD $460
World silver coins, Panama, proof silver twenty balboas, 1974 (KM.31); Pitcairn Islands, proof silver fifty dollars, 1990 (KM.8). In cases of issue, over 8.8 ounces of pure silver, FDC. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
World proof sets, Great Britain, delux proof set, 1999 (KM.PS106); Hong Kong, proof sets, 1993, 1997 (KM.PS6, 7). In cases of issue, FDC. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
World coins, Cook Islands, Elizabeth II, Perth Mint, Australia's First Steam Train, proof silver and colour one dollar, 2004; Tuvalu, Elizabeth II, Perth Mint, Great Maritime Explorers of Australia, proof silver and colour one dollar, set of four, 2006 (Willem Janszoon, Abel Tasman, William Dampier, James Cook); brass and leather extendable telescope as used by these maritime explorers. Both set and telescope in individual timber cases, the set is a Downies' packaged item with certificate number 0939 of 1606 issued, FDC. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
World coins and sets, Bahamas, proof set, 1971 (KM.PS4); Barbados, proof set, 1973 (KM.PS1); British Virgin Islands, proof set, 1973 (KM.PS1); Cook Islands, proof two dollars, 1973 (KM.8); Western Samoa, proof talas, 1970 Cook (KM.9) (2), 1970 Pope (KM.10) (2), 1972 (KM.11), 1974 Games (KM.18a). The cases for 1970 Pope coins have foxing on lining, all other coins in cases of issue, many coins in silver, FDC. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
World sets and cased coins, Great Britain, proof set, 1953 (KM.PS25), mint crown, 1953 (2) (KM.894); New Zealand, mint dollar, 1974 Games (3) (KM.44); Singapore, mint set, 1982 (KM.MS18), the cover for the set with gold blocking, 'United Overseas Bank Group / Opening of Australian Representative Office / 1982'; U.S.A., bicentennial three-coin silver proof set, 1976S; Western Samoa, specimen set, 1974 (KM.MS2), mint tala, 1974 Games (2) (KM.18). In cases and containers of issue, uncirculated - FDC. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
World coins and sets, Japan, mint set, 1976 (KM.MS6); Singapore, mint sets, 1974 (2) (KM.MS9); Cook Islands, dollar, 1973 (KM.7); Great Britain, one pound, 1984 (2) (KM.934); New Guinea, proof silver ten kina, 1975 (2) (KM.8a); New Zealand, dollar, 1974 Games (KM.44); St Helena, crown, undated (1973) (2) (KM.5). The first set with verdigris, the rest uncirculated - FDC. (12)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
World proof sets, mostly with silver coins, Bahamas, 1974 (KM.PS10); Barbados, 1973, 1976, 1977 (KM.PS30, 40, 35); British Virgin Islands, 1973, 1974 (2), 1975, 1976 (2), 1977 (KM.PS1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Cook Islands, 1975 (KM.PS8); Guyana, 1976 (KM.PS2); Papua New Guinea, 1975 (2), 1976 (KM.PS1, 2). In cases of issue, all cardboard slipcases dirty, coins are FDC. (16)
Estimate $350
SOLD $360
World sets and minors, Austria, proof set 1966 (KM.PS7); Mexico, mint set 1964; Portugal, proof set 1974 (KM.PS2); world minors, mostly 20th century, including, Denmark, East Africa, Egypt and India. Very good - FDC. (34)
Estimate $60
SOLD $300
World coins, Cook Islands, mint silver ten dollars, 1978 (KM.21); France, mint silver one hundred francs, 1984 Marie Curie (KM.955); Great Britain, proof set, 1973 (KM.PS29), mint twenty five new pence, 1977 (KM.920); Papua New Guinea, proof set, 1975 (KM.PS1); U.S.A., one dollar, 1971-1977 (16), half dollar, 1971 and 1974 (6), quarter dollar, 1967-77 (12). All cased coins uncirculated - FDC, the rest very fine - extremely fine. (39)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World coins, Bermuda, silver dollar, 1972 (KM.22); Cook Islands, dollar, 1986 Queen's 60th (2), 1986 Royal Wedding (3) (KM.31, 32); Falkland Islands, crown, undated (1982) (2, one carded, one cased) (KM.18); Fiji, fifty cents, 1980 (2, cased), proof silver ten dollars, 1980 (KM.45, 46a); Isle of Man, crown, 1977, 1980 (4) (KM.41, 64, 65, 66, 67); St Helena, crown, undated (1973) (KM.5); St Helena/ Ascension, joint packet of two crowns, 1984 Royal Visit (2) (KM.13, 6); Sierra Leone, leone, undated (1974) (KM.26); Singapore, silver ten dollars, 1976 (KM.15); Turks & Caicos Islands, crown, 1969 (KM.1); Western Samoa, tala, 1976 Bicentenary, 1976 Games, 1979 Cook (KM.20, 22, 32). Mostly in cases of issue, uncirculated - FDC. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
World cased coins and sets, British India/ Madras Presidency, East India Company, ten cash, 1808 (KM.319) ex Admiral Gardner shipwreck; Cook Islands, dollar, 1986 Royal Wedding of Andrew and Sarah (KM.32) (21); Israel, piefort mint set, 1984; Marshall Islands, five dollars, 1994 25th anniversary of first men on moon; New Zealand, mint set, 1981 (KM.MS27), mint dollar, 1974 (3), 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981 (2) (KM.44, 38.2, 46, 48, 50); Western Samoa, specimen set, 1974 (KM.MS2), mint tala, 1970, 1974, 1976 U.S. bicentennial, 1976 Games (2), 1978 Kingsford Smith, 1978 Games, 1983 (30) (KM.10, 19, 20, 22, 28, 30, 53), proof silver ten tala, 1983 (KM.54). Uncirculated - FDC. (108)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
World silver coins, Austria, Maria Theresa thaler, 1780X (5) (KM.T1) restrikes trade coinage; ten schilling, 1970 (2), 1971 (KM.2882); Poland, proof silver one hundred thousand zlotych, 1990 (3) (KM.199, 200, 201). One thaler with discolouration on reverse, otherwise good extremely fine - FDC. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $530
World crowns, including Australia, 1937 (KM.34); Austria, thaler, 1780 (restike) (KM.T1); Belgium, five francs, 1873 (KM.24); Cyprus, forty five piastres, 1928 (KM.19); Egypt, twenty piastres, 1939 (KM.368); France, five francs, 1843 (KM.749.1), 1868A (S.799.1), 1873A (KM.820.1); Germany, Bavaria, thaler, 1755 (KM.223.2); Italy, Naples & Sicily, one hundred and twenty grani, 1854 (KM.153c); Netherlands, two and a half guilders, 1932 (KM.165); U.S.A., one dollar, 1898 (KM.110). Very good - very fine. (12)
Estimate $220
SOLD $290
World silver coins, crown size (48), halfcrown size (42), 1797-1980s, almost all different, a wide variety of countries including some scarcer types. Stored neatly in a coin album, fine - uncirculated. (90)
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,200
World coins, British Commonwealth, a small but interesting group, including British Guiana, William IV, one guilder 1836 (KM.25) (nVF); British Guiana and West Indies, fourpence 1891 (KM.26) (EF); Cyprus, half piastre 1885 (KM.2) (F); one piastre 1934 (gVF); Mauritius, one cent 1888 (KM.7) (EF); Hong Kong, ten cents 1897H (KM.6.3) (nEF). Fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
World coins, mostly British Commonwealth but also a small selection of China, Japan (includes a one hundred mon 1835-70) and Middle Eastern coinage, includes several silver coins, a half dram apothecaries weight, some model coins c.1880-1910 and a Camac Kyan Dublin halfpenny, 1792. Very good - nearly extremely fine. (81)
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
Europe, a small group of mostly medieval coins and jetons from France, Germany, Spain etc., several in silver some damaged and interesting research lot. Poor - fine. (16)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
World coins, Austria, kreuzer, 1881 (KM.2186); German States, Aachen, twelve heller, 1765IK, 1791, 1794 (KM.51); Anhalt-Zerbst, pfennig, 1766 (KM.49); Baden, kreuzer, 1864 (KM.242); Frankfurt, heller, 1821FGB (KM.301); Mecklenburg-Schwerin, schilling, 1792 (KM.220); Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, three kreuzer, 1830 (KM.C.90); Saxony, pfennig, 1778C (KM.1000); Hungary, krajczar, 1888KB (KM.458); Liege, liard, 1726, 1745 (2), 1746 (2), 1750 (4), 1751 (2) (KM.134, 146, 155). Very good - very fine. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
World coins, Austria, one hundred schilling, 1976 (2), 1978 Gmunden, 1978 Dumkrut (KM.2932, 2938, 2939); Maria Theresa, thaler, 1780x trade coin set into ornate pendant frame; another in silvered base metal being copy of Maria Theresa Thaler, 1760, also set into ornate pendant frame; Germany/Prussia, thaler, 1849A (KM.455) with ring mount fitted to rim at top; Empire, five pfennig, 1903D (KM.11) lug fitted to obverse, mark, 1914A (KM.14); Third Reich, five reichsmark, 1937D (KM.94); Federal Republic, two mark, 1951D (scarce), 1969D (2) (KM.111, 124); Vatican, one hundred lire, 1959/1 (KM.64.1). Very fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World coins, Austrian Netherlands, quarter ducaton, 1751 (I) R (KM.6); German States, Aachen, twelve heller, 1791 (KM.51), Bocholt, twenty one heller, 1762 (KM.25), Munster, three pfennig, 1759 (KM.430), Nassau, kreuzer, 1860 (KM.C54), Prussia, three pfennig, 1871C (KM.482), Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, two groschen, 1855F (KM.C113), Ulm (Siege coinage), undated (c.1704) (KM.31); Netherlands, Zeeland, duit, 1765 (KM.81); Spain, centimo, 1906SLL (KM.726), ten centimos, 1870OM, 1879OM (KM.663, 675), Barcelona, ardite, 16?? (K.21); Spain, Carlos III, Archduke of Austria, two reales, Barcelona, 1710 (Cayon 7982); Spanish Netherlands, Namur, two liards, 1709 (KM.5). Good - very fine. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
World coins, Belgium, two cents, 1870, 1912, five cents, 1851 (KM.35.1, 65, 5.1); Belgium/Ghent (WWI Occupation), fifty centimes, 1915 Thick 50 (2), 1915, franken, 1915, two franken, 1915 (KM.Tn1a, Tn1, Tn2, Tn4); France, ten centimes, 1809A, 1913 (KM.676.1, 843); Haiti, five centimes, 1905, ten centimes, 1863, 1882, twenty centimes, 1863 (KM.53, 40, 45, 41); Luxembourg, two and half centimes, 1908 (KM.21). Fine - good very fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Asia, selected coins from various areas including Burma, kyat or one rupee, (1852) (KM.10); Philippines, 20 centavos 1868 (KM.146); Netherland East Indies, 1/20 gulden 1855 (KM.303); Straits Settlements, half cent 1845 (KM.2); Hong Kong, 10 cents 1882H (KM.6.3); Penang, half cent 1787 (KM.2.1); China, Fukien Province, five cents (KM.Y102); others French Indo China and india. Very fine - nearly uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
World coins, Canada, one cent, 1907H (KM.8) scarce, Lower Canada, sou (halfpenny) token, 1837 (KM.Tn6); Lundy, half puffin and one puffin, 1929 (Bruce X# Tn1, Pn1); The Gambia, eight shillings, 1970 (KM.7); U.S.A., Standing Liberty quarter dollar, 1917 (KM.141), Morgan dollar, 1886, 1887 (KM.110), Susan B.Anthony dollar, 1979P (KM.207); other minor coins of Great Britain (1) and Brazil (5); Canada, medal for 75th anniversary of Alberta's youth, 1980. The U.S.A. quarter dollar is fine, the 1886 dollar is virtually uncirculated with mint bloom but some obverse bagmarks, the Canada one cent is good fine and cleaned but re-toning, others fine - uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170