Choice Quality Australian Pre-Decimal Notes
Fascinating Unofficial Coinage of Colonial Australia Tokens and their Issuers ~ Highly Collectable Traders tokens provide a remarkable insight into the ingenuity of early Australian merchants. To combat a shortage of small change in the colonies they produced their own unofficial currency. Revealing a clever form of early corporate advertising, tokens are a tremendous collectable series due to the many varieties circulated from the 1840s to 1890s.
1942 George VI Ten Shilling Note Cat Ref: R13 • Grade: Extremely Fine
Price: $650
1954 QEII Ten Shilling Notes ~ Consecutive Pair Cat Ref: R16 • Grade: about Extremely Fine
Price: $385 pair
1942 George VI Ten Shilling Note Cat Ref: R13 • Grade: good Extremely Fine
Price: $850
1961 QEII One Pound Notes ~ Consecutive Pair Cat Ref: R34b • Grade: about Extremely Fine
Price: $220 pair
The traders who issued tokens were usually highly respected community members and their tokens were well received by the public, but the Colonial governments were not happy with the influx of private coins as an ordinary circulating medium and New South Wales eventually replaced them with official coinage in 1868.
1860 Hogarth, Erichsen & Co Threepence Token
1857 I. Friedman Halfpenny Token
No Date Whitty & Brown Penny Token (Peace & Plenty)
Cat Ref: R145 • Grade: good Very Fine / Very Fine
Cat Ref: R422 • Grade: Very Fine
Price: $75
1961 QEII One Pound Note Cat Ref: R34b • Grade: about Uncirculated
Price: $210
Cat Ref: R34b • Grade: Uncirculated
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Price: $1,200 set of three
Cat Ref: R256 • Grade: good Very Fine
Price: $950
Price: $75
1961 QEII One Pound Note Cat Ref: R34a • Grade: about Extremely Fine
Price: $120 No Date R. Parker Penny Token
No Date E.F. Dease Penny Token (Launceston, Tasmania)
Cat Ref: R405 • Grade: Very Fine
Cat Ref: R107 • Grade: Choice Uncirculated
Price: $100
1961 QEII One Pound Notes ~ Consecutive Trio
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1952 George VI Five Pound Note Cat Ref: R48 • Grade: Very Fine
Price: $475
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Price: $1,200
1856 Smith, Peate & Co Penny Token
1858 Peace & Plenty Penny Token (Melbourne, Victoria)
Cat Ref: R472 • Grade: Very Fine / Fine
Cat Ref: R415 • Grade: good Very Fine
Price: $325
Price: $85
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Australian Half-Sovereigns Draw Worldwide Attention as the Definitive Numismatic Prize
Glorious Golden Collectables with an Investment Edge Always in Demand
Dazzling to behold, beautifully crafted and rich in history, Australia’s gold half-sovereign issues are regarded in world numismatics as some of the most enigmatic coins ever produced. Constantly in demand amongst passionate coin connoisseurs with an eye for beauty and investment potential, they are deserving of any private collection or asset portfolio.
Presenting a captivating selection of scarce quality coins from Australia’s highly revered Queen Victoria and Edward VII gold half-sovereign series’. Last year’s prestigious Australian Quartermaster Gold Coin Collection auction highlighted the prominence, demand and investment and collector appeal of coins from this historic era in Australian coinage.
1882S Victoria Young Head Shield Half-Sovereign
1871S Victoria Young Head Shield Half-Sovereign Grade: Extremely Fine
Price: $2,500
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1887S Victoria Young Head Shield Half-Sovereign Grade: Extremely Fine
(Normal JEB) Grade: Uncirculated Price: $3,250
1896M Victoria Veiled Head Half-Sovereign Price: $4,200
1900S Victoria Veiled Head Half-Sovereign Grade: about Uncirculated
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Price: $1,800
Price: $2,500
1887S Victoria Jubilee Head Shield Half-Sovereign
Price: $2,000
Grade: about Uncirculated / Uncirculated
Grade: good Very Fine
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1897S Victoria Veiled Head Half-Sovereign Liquidation Guarantee
Grade: about Uncirculated
Price: $2,250
1900S Victoria Veiled Head Half-Sovereign Grade: Uncirculated
Price: $3,750
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1883S Victoria Young Head Shield Half-Sovereign
1887M Victoria Jubilee Head Half-Sovereign
Type 5/4 Grade: Extremely Fine Price: $2,000
(Close JEB) Grade: about Uncirculated Price: $1,750
1891S Victoria Jubilee Head Shield Half-Sovereign
1893S Victoria Veiled Head Half-Sovereign
(Without IEB) Grade: Extremely Fine Price: $1,750
Grade: about Uncirculated
1900M Victoria Veiled Head Half-Sovereign
1897S Victoria Veiled Head Half-Sovereign Grade: Uncirculated
Price: $4,750
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1904P Edward VII Half-Sovereign Grade: about Extremely Fine
Price: $2,200
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Price: $2,250
Grade: good Extremely Fine
Price: $1,800
1906M Edward VII Half-Sovereign Grade: Extremely Fine
Price: $2,000
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Introducing a Highly Collectable Presentation Portfolio of Special Issue World Polymer Banknotes 1998 ‘Currency Solutions for the New Millenium’ Presentation Portfolio ~ Includes Six Commemorative Polymer Banknotes and ‘Note Printing’ Booklet Featuring a superb selection of six polymer banknotes from Australia and overseas, and extensive information, this magnificent “Currency Solutions for the New Millennium” portfolio by Note Printing Australia Limited presents an exciting opportunity for the discerning collector. These portfolios were originally handed to officials at the 1998 “Introduction to Australia’s Polymer Banknote Technology” conference.
With less than 300 known to have escaped the melting pot and as Australia’s first indigenous coin, the Holey Dollar is a superlative rarity of the utmost historical significance and highly sought-after in various grades. No standard was followed with the striking of the countermarks (a punch mark officially applied to a coin to change its value or revalidate it) on Holey Dollars, which makes every one unique and a classic Colonial coin to own. They have captured the imagination of coin collectors and investors at all levels for decades. Thailand ~ 50th Anniv. of the King’s Accession to the Throne
50 Baht
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$750.00 Australia ~ Bicentenary The First Polymer Banknote
10 Dollars
Thailand ~ 50th Anniv. of the King’s Accession to the Throne
500 Baht
Holey Dollars Achieve Notable Prices at Auction Holey Dollars in various grades have achieved strong prices at Australian auctions over the years. Only last year an example proved to be one of the best performers amongst many Australian Pre-Decimal and Pre-Federation coins, and a plugged and repaired piece achieved a stronger than expected sale price.
Housed in a Presentation Portfolio with Accompanying Booklet
Very Scarce
Presenting One of Less Than 300 Iconic Australian Holey Dollars Known to Exist ~ A Classic Numismatic Rarity
Malaysia ~ Kuala Lumpur 98-XVI Commonwealth Games
50 Ringgit
In 2004 a New York auction scored a recordbreaking result with a good Very Fine grade Holey Dollar, which realised a 17-percent increase over the previous price paid. For many collectors and historians Holey Dollars ignite passion into the world of Australian rare coins. They have surfaced in many obscure places including a bushranger’s hoard, gravel driveway and even as tap washers. The coin offered here in Very Good grade presents a key opportunity for any collector seriously contemplating entering the numismatic investment arena, possibly for the first time. The Holey Dollar has displayed consistent price growth over many decades, a trend that looks set to continue well into the future.
History of the Holey Dollar
Papua New Guinea ~ 9th South Pacific Games
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Papua New Guinea ~ 20th Anniversary of Independence
2 Kina
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When Lachlan Macquarie became Governor of New South Wales in 1810 the colony was almost broke and suffering from a major shortage of small denomination coinage. Many available coins were still being shipped away by traders and the illegal rum trade dominated commerce. Governor Macquarie’s solution was to import 40,000 Spanish silver dollars (eight reales) in 1812 and have the centres punched out of each coin, giving both parts inflated values over and above the intrinsic value of the silver. This method of defacing coins was already in use in various other countries. The “Holey Dollar” was valued at five shillings and the inner plug, known as the “Dump” was worth 15 pence. Both were demonetised in 1829 and shipped to London to be melted down and sold off as bullion silver, or clipped or given as souvenirs to dignitaries.
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1813 New South Wales Holey Dollar ~ Five Shillings Host Coin 1789 Charles IV Mexico 8 Reales Cat Ref: M/N 1789/5 • Grade: Very Good
Very Scarce
Price: $37,500
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