‘THE HOARD’
AUSTRALIAN
1927 PARLIAMENT
HOUSE CANBERRA
COMMEMORATIVE
FLORIN FROM A
LAWSONS AUCTION
LONG AGO
PART OF ANTIQUE DEALER’S PERSONAL
COIN HOARD OVER 30 YEARS
PROVENANCE BELOW
Photos taken with
and without
a flash.
This listing is for an
Australian
.925 Silver florin
struck for the
opening of the old Parliament
House in Canberra in 1927.
It is an excellent high
grade example
of this coin.
On the Obverse you can make
out the 8 pearls on the
King’s
crown – 2 centre pairs
are fainter
than the outer two pairs
though.
Some general surface
marks
to suggest at least some
time
in circulation but not
too much.
Some toning.
The Reverse side show
one
full step on the
building which
hopefully you can see in
the photos.
When viewed under the
cameras
unforgiving lens you can
see some
surface marks and rubbing
to the
head of the right Mace
in particular
(called scepters by
some).
It certainly has an
appealing
amount of shine left in its surface
with dark ‘toning’
(dirt) accumulated
around lettering and
high parts
of the design which
shows at
least it hasn’t been
cleaned.
Please Note:
I’m an Antiques Dealers NOT a
Numismatic dealer and so not
qualified to officially grade coins.
**As you can see in the last few photos this
coin is one of seven coins
in our ‘hoard’
that all came from the same auction
of James R Lawson Pty Ltd
(who have been around
for a very long time!)
All the florins have
come from the same dealer
(see writing) who couldn't spell Canberra
and
possibly one 1937 crown too.
They’ve all wound up
in the same Lawsons
auction (all have the
sub number 5127 but
sequential lot numbers).
Lot
363
I think the auction must
have been
in the 1970s or 1980s.
I say this because I’m
fairly sure Tony;
the other half of
Kollectik1 and me;
had these in his
possession when
we met in 1991.
All a very long time
ago.
Anyway, Antique dealers
call this
Provenance and it’s a big deal in our
world but not sure if
the coin collectors
feel quite the same way but just thought
I’d tell you anyway.
This is also the reason
I’m not taking
this coin out of its cardboard
holder
as I don’t want to lose
any of the
Lawson’s stickers etc.
Please Note:
I’m an Antiques Dealers
NOT a
Numismatic dealer and so
not
qualified to officially
grade coins.
COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
for the
OPENING OF THE OLD PARLIAMENT
HOUSE IN CANBERRA IN 1927.
OBVERSE
Shortened version of
the crowned and robed
King George V facing left
Script: Latin
GEORGIVS V D:G:BRITT:OMN:REX
F.D.IND:IMP
Translation: George
V by the Grace of God, King of all the British territories, Defender of the
Faith, Emperor of India
Designer: Edgar
Bertram MacKennal
REVERSE
Parliament
House within an oval frame set above crossed scepters. Superimposed on the
scepters is a raised oval with the date 1927.
Lettering:
PARLIAMENT . HOUSE. AUSTRALIA
1927
ONE FLORIN
Designer: George
Kruger Gray
Edge: Reeded
Mint: Royal Mint, Melbourne,
Australia (1872-1969)
OFFICIAL SPECIFICATIONS
Year: 1927
Composition: Silver
Purity: .925 sterling
Weight: 11.31g
Diameter: 28.5mm
Thickness: 2.3mm
Ruler: George V
WILL HAPPILY COMBINE POSTAGE
CONDITION
Very nice example of a
higher
Grade coin
gVF or better?
Have compared it to other
coins and
stands up well against
other coins
unofficially graded as
Extra Fine
by well established coin
dealers.
See above and the photos
Please Note:
I’m an Antiques Dealers
NOT a
Numismatic dealer and so
not
qualified to officially
grade coins.
NO cleaning done by us on any of
the coins we are listing.
Our knowledge re error coins,
rarity, mintage etc is limited
so could be some real gems
amongst all our lots.
WILL HAPPILY COMBINE POSTAGE
WHERE POSSIBLE
This would definitely
have been good
enough for an individual
listing in an
Auction in those days** (see below)
as this was before the
internet and
if you didn’t experience
collecting
before the internet you
hardly
know you were born!
Just think about how you
would find
coins/whatever you
collected
without this miraculous
invention.
You took yourself around
every antique
and/or coin shop you
could find on the
weekends and if you were
very lucky
and lived close enough
to a major auction
house that you could travel to for a
specialist auction; like
Lawsons; you
could attend and bid
live.
But of course you had to know what
you were doing - no Googling
it – you
had to own price guide books; which
were not cheap let me tell you; which
you scoured on a regular
basis to
absorb as much of its
information you
could cram into your
brain so when you
were out you felt you
had some sort
of idea of what you
should spend
on your desired purchase.
These books of course
had to be
updated – yearly
preferably – so
you could keep on top of
any price
fluctuations.
It was a whole
other world people!
THE HOARD
The coins we are listing have been
picked up from estates we have
purchased over the last 35+ years.
Thousands of coins from around
the world and covering 4 centuries
and beyond (1 Roman coin) that we’ve
never had the time to sort through to
sell them so just kept accumulating.
We are now retired (semi) and have
had a great time over the last
few weeks
Noodling and doing a bit of research
BUT
we were general Antique dealers,
NOT coin dealers and so our knowledge
is limited hence nothing will be
graded
using the official coin grading tables
as it would be guess work by us but
with the help of good clear
photos
and our own assessment of each listing
we feel potential buyers will
have all
the tools required to feel confident and
pleased with their purchase
(see our feedback for happy customers).
We will be selling some bulk lots and/or
groups of coins and some individually
(not getting any younger and not possible
to list them one by one).
Always be reassured we are happy
to answer any questions you may have
and combine postage to the fullest
extent we can (it’s getting costly!)
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FREIGHT-
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International is a whole other thing - please ask
WILL HAPPILY COMBINE POSTAGE
WHERE POSSIBLE
ANY PURCHASE VALUED AT OVER $100
MUST BE INSURED & WILL BE ADDED
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first $200.00
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possible.
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with the combined
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the unused portion.
Any questions or query's
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We Happily Ship To Most International
Destinations.
BUT THE ITEM HAS TO BE
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kollectik1
(Kollectik Pty.
Ltd.)
has been
trading successfully on eBay
for a very long
time now and hopefully will
be for a long time
to come
(please see our
feedback)
Between 2007 and
2018 we were also
The
Manly Antique Centre
which has now sadly
closed as our old building was
sold to Developers
and is now a block of units.......
of course.
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