COLLECTION OF BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN COINS - MIXED DENOMINATIONS AND PERIODS

A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION OF BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN COINS SPANNING THE LATE 19TH CENTURY THROUGH TO THE LATE 20TH CENTURY, PRESENTED IN ORIGINAL CARDBOARD STORAGE BOXES BEARING THE PRINTED LABEL 'MURRAY BATS' WITH ADDRESSES IN WALL STREET, SYDNEY AND PITT STREET, SYDNEY, NSW.

OVERVIEW:
THIS IS A WORKING COLLECTOR'S ASSEMBLAGE RATHER THAN A CAREFULLY CURATED NUMISMATIC COLLECTION. THE COINS REPRESENT A MIX OF BRITISH PENNIES, AUSTRALIAN PENNIES, AND OTHER DENOMINATIONS ACCUMULATED OVER TIME. THE STORAGE BOXES THEMSELVES ARE OF HISTORICAL INTEREST, INDICATING THE COINS WERE KEPT BY A SYDNEY-BASED BUSINESS OR COLLECTOR.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- COMPOSITION: COPPER AND BRONZE COINS PREDOMINATE, WITH SOME SILVER-COLOURED SPECIMENS VISIBLE
- DENOMINATIONS: PRIMARILY PENNIES, WITH SOME OTHER DENOMINATIONS REPRESENTED
- GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN: BRITISH ROYAL MINT ISSUES AND AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MINT ISSUES
- PERIOD OF ISSUE: APPROXIMATELY 1880S THROUGH 1960S BASED ON VISIBLE INSCRIPTIONS AND STYLING
- QUANTITY: APPROXIMATELY 80-100 INDIVIDUAL COINS IN THE COLLECTION
- STORAGE: ORIGINAL CARDBOARD BOXES WITH PRINTED MERCHANT LABELS

CONDITION ASSESSMENT:
THE COLLECTION DISPLAYS THE NATURAL PATINA AND WEAR EXPECTED OF COINS IN CIRCULATION. COPPER COINS SHOW CHARACTERISTIC OXIDATION AND DARKENING. SEVERAL SPECIMENS EXHIBIT THE BRIGHT LUSTRE OF MORE RECENT ISSUES. ONE PENNY SHOWS EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN DRILLED, SUGGESTING IT MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS A CHARM OR PENDANT AT SOME POINT. THE OVERALL CONDITION IS CONSISTENT WITH A COLLECTION ASSEMBLED FOR HISTORICAL INTEREST RATHER THAN NUMISMATIC INVESTMENT OR PRESERVATION.

PROVENANCE:
THE ORIGINAL STORAGE BOXES BEARING 'MURRAY BATS' MERCHANT LABELS SUGGEST THESE COINS WERE ACCUMULATED IN SYDNEY, NSW, POSSIBLY BY A BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL COLLECTOR ASSOCIATED WITH THAT RETAILER OR LOCATION. THE BOXES THEMSELVES PROVIDE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF THE COLLECTION'S AUSTRALIAN PROVENANCE.

NOTES FOR COLLECTORS:
THIS LOT WILL APPEAL TO COLLECTORS INTERESTED IN BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN NUMISMATIC HISTORY, CURRENCY CIRCULATION PATTERNS, OR THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF COMMERCE IN EARLY-TO-MID 20TH CENTURY SYDNEY. THE ORIGINAL STORAGE BOXES ADD HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND MAY BE OF INTEREST TO THOSE STUDYING RETAIL PACKAGING AND MERCHANT PRACTICES OF THE PERIOD. INDIVIDUAL COINS MAY BE OF INTEREST TO SPECIALISTS IN BRITISH OR AUSTRALIAN COINAGE, THOUGH THE COLLECTION IS BEST SUITED TO THOSE SEEKING A BROAD HISTORICAL OVERVIEW RATHER THAN RARE OR HIGH-GRADE SPECIMENS.

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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