Page 10 of Australian Rare Coin News & Research
We research and write regularly about the history and rarity of the items we handle. We write about news in the Australian numismatic market as it unfolds. We also write on what it takes to be a successful collector.
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2018-10-13 00:00:00
Late 2018 Auction Roundup - Roxbury 101, Status 346 and Downie 329 - 3 Sales in 3 Cities in 4 Weeks
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
The Australian numismatic community has a month of strong activity kicking off today - Roxbury’s are having their 101st auction in Brisbane as I type this; Status International will conduct auction 346 at their new premises in Sydney next Friday, which will be followed by the ANDA Money Expo at t...
2018-10-13 00:00:00
IAG Auction 88 Review - Just Shy of a Million Sold In Short Order
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
It’s been a few weeks now since IAG held their 88th auction on the Gold Coast - as our headline above indicates, it was a short and productive affair.
Unlike some auctions that literally run for the better part of a week, from 9 in the morning until 10 at night, IAG’s auctions are condu...
2018-10-13 00:00:00
Hidden Messages and Micro Code - Teltscher's Is Still Skill Studied 8 Decades Later
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
The story of the men that created the notes used in the Hay Internment Camp was recounted in popular culture most explicitly in the 1980's TV series produced by the BBC titled "The Dunera Boys". The full story of the notes is far less well known - particularly the fact that the designs either sid...
2018-09-08 00:00:00
Noble Numismatics 118 Review - 3 Named Collections Hit the Market
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
One of the largest and most important Australian numismatic auctions in recent years was held in Sydney in July 2018. Noble Numismatics held their 118th auctions, it was one that one man might describe as being “the last of the big sales”. One of the problems the Australian...
2018-09-08 00:00:00
Downie 328 Auction Review
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
Just a few weeks after the major event that was Noble Numismatics 118, Downie’s had their auction #328. Although the headline items in this sale would leave most Australian collectors fairly non-plussed, it was still a very productive event. Total turnover for the sale amounted ...
2018-09-08 00:00:00
The Dauer Collection of Australian Banknotes Auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
The Dauer Collection of Australian Banknotes was finally put to auction this week in the United States - I say finally as several prior attempts to move the collection en bloc had been made over the past 5 years or so, without apparent success. This collection is well-known to c...
2018-07-20 00:00:00
Australia's Pre-Federation Banknotes - A Rich and Complex Series
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
Australia's pre-Federation banknotes are a rich and complex series that captures the history of Australia’s growing economy throughout the 19th century. As these privately-issued notes are so starkly different to the single series of currency notes we use across the country today, it is a...
2018-06-11 00:00:00
Noble Numismatics Auction 118b Preview - The Caldwell Collection of Australian Banknotes
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
August 2nd 2018 will see the biggest and most important auction of Australian banknotes held in this country since the Nicholson sale back in November 1995. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the note featured on the front cover of ...