COLLECTION OF BRITISH SILVER COINS AND VINTAGE MURRAY'S TOBACCO PACKAGING - LATE 19TH TO MID-20TH CENTURY

A SUBSTANTIAL MIXED LOT COMPRISING TWO DISTINCT ELEMENTS: A COLLECTION OF BRITISH SILVER COINS SPANNING MULTIPLE DECADES, AND TWO VINTAGE CARDBOARD BOXES OF MURRAY'S 'B' BRAND FINE CUT AND MEDIUM CUT TOBACCO, DISTRIBUTED BY WAL BARRACK OF PITT STREET, SYDNEY, NSW.

NUMISMATIC COMPONENT:
THE COIN COLLECTION INCLUDES NUMEROUS BRITISH SILVER SPECIMENS, PREDOMINANTLY FEATURING MONARCHS FROM THE LATE VICTORIAN THROUGH MID-20TH CENTURY PERIODS. COINS ARE DISPLAYED IN TWO CARDBOARD STORAGE BOXES AND LOOSE ARRANGEMENT, SHOWING NATURAL CIRCULATION WEAR AND PATINA DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE. DENOMINATIONS APPEAR TO INCLUDE SHILLINGS, SIXPENCES, AND OTHER FRACTIONAL SILVER PIECES. THE COLLECTION DEMONSTRATES THE DIVERSITY OF BRITISH COINAGE ACROSS SEVERAL REIGNS AND MINTING PERIODS.

TOBACCO PACKAGING COMPONENT:
TWO ORIGINAL CARDBOARD BOXES OF MURRAY'S 'B' BRAND TOBACCO, MARKED AS 8OZ. FINEST IMPORTED TOBACCO, FINE CUT AND MEDIUM CUT VARIETIES. THE BOXES FEATURE NAVY BLUE LABELS WITH GILT LETTERING IDENTIFYING THE SOLE AGENT AS WAL BARRACK, 92A PITT STREET, SYDNEY, NSW. THIS REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT AUSTRALIAN RETAIL HISTORY, WITH PITT STREET BEING A MAJOR COMMERCIAL THOROUGHFARE IN SYDNEY'S CBD DURING THE EARLY-TO-MID 20TH CENTURY. THE PACKAGING REFLECTS THE PERIOD'S COMMERCIAL DESIGN STANDARDS AND AUSTRALIAN TOBACCO RETAIL PRACTICES.

CONDITION: THE COINS EXHIBIT NATURAL PATINA AND OXIDATION CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND CIRCULATION. SURFACE WEAR IS EVIDENT ON MOST SPECIMENS. THE TOBACCO BOXES SHOW AGE-APPROPRIATE DETERIORATION INCLUDING CARDBOARD SOFTENING, LABEL FADING, AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO EDGES AND CORNERS. THE PRINTED LABELS REMAIN LEGIBLE, PRESERVING THE HISTORICAL RETAIL INFORMATION.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION. THE COMBINATION OF COINS AND TOBACCO PACKAGING SUGGESTS ACCUMULATION OVER TIME, POSSIBLY FROM A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD OR COLLECTION SOURCE.

THIS LOT OFFERS APPEAL TO BOTH NUMISMATIC COLLECTORS SEEKING BRITISH SILVER SPECIMENS AND SOCIAL HISTORIANS INTERESTED IN AUSTRALIAN RETAIL AND TOBACCO INDUSTRY DOCUMENTATION FROM THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

11689+28

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

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