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AUCTION 016 · RESULTS ARE IN
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Auction 016 was our largest sale to date, with strong competition across Australian, world, gold, and proof material. Consignments are now open for Auction 017.
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Friday 19 June
To be included in Auction 018
Auction 017 expected
Early June
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Auction Spotlight, Lot 156:
1981, 20c Struck on a Scalloped Hong Kong $2 Planchet, PCGS MS64. Top Pop
Estimate: $10,000 – $15,000
Copeland Roberts 017
Copeland Roberts is pleased to present Auction 17, an offering of 895 lots across Australian and world numismatics, banknotes and error coinage. There is genuine depth in every major collecting area.
The sale is headlined by one of Australia's most celebrated mint errors, the 1981 20 Cent struck on a scalloped Hong Kong $2 planchet in PCGS MS64, offered as the cover coin. Alongside it sit landmark rarities across categories: the 2001 Centenary of Federation Gold Proof Set, the 1934 Proof Penny, and an Imperial Roman gold aureus of Titus.
A major highlight is the Jim Holmes Collection of Rare Australian Errors, featuring some of the most dramatic and elusive errors ever produced by the Royal Australian Mint. The four lots below are only a snapshot. The full catalogue rewards a closer look.
1981, 20c Struck on a Scalloped Hong Kong $2 Planchet, PCGS MS64. Top Pop
Estimate: $10,000 – $15,000
One of the most recognised and spectacular Australian error coins, and tied for the finest known. In 1981 the Royal Mint at Llantrisant was striking Australian 20 Cent coins when a small number of Hong Kong $2 planchets were inadvertently mixed with the standard blanks.
The result is among the most visually dramatic errors of the decimal series. Graded PCGS MS64, it is the finest to appear on the market in at least twelve years, and superior to the specimen Noble Numismatics offered in March 2014, which realised $9,500 hammer. From the Jim Holmes Collection of Rare Australian Errors.
2001, RAM 'Centenary of Federation' Gold Proof Set, FDC. AGW: 114.59g
Estimate: $18,000 – $22,000
The first gold proof set issued by the Royal Australian Mint to contain the 5c to $2 decimal coinage struck in 24ct gold, with an actual gold weight of 114.59g (3.68oz).
Maximum mintage of 650 units, and unusual for carrying a higher gold content than later releases. Very scarce as such, and the most valuable single lot in the sale.
1934, Proof Penny, PCGS PR64BN
Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000
Just 50 of these were struck, and substantially fewer are believed to survive. 1934 was the first year Australian proof coins were sold to collectors. Production only went ahead after New Zealand numismatist Henry George Williams guaranteed purchase of the entire mintage of 50 sets.
Most went to American collectors, so high-quality survivors are seldom seen here. The fields are deeply mirrored, with original red brilliance to the reverse and an evenly toned glossy obverse. Ex Numisbids Auction, February 2011, where it realised $39,500.
AD 73, Rome, Titus as Caesar, Gold Aureus, F
Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000
An Imperial Roman gold aureus struck at the Rome mint under Vespasian, weighing 6.8g, with a laureate portrait of the future emperor Titus. (RIC II.1 555; Calicó 753; BMCRE 114–5). Fine, with the portrait a touch better.
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