CSIRO Test Notes
The following was presented by an NSSA member at the meeting held on 17 December 2015. In a Roxbury auction in February this year at Lot 1197 appeared an apparent polymer trial note produced by the CSIRO (top left). In … Continued
The first ‘two up pennies’ of the Adelaide Casino
An NSSA member has just submitted this article after spotting an article in Sunday Mail on 13 December, 2015. In December 1985 the Adelaide Casino opened on the former site of the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace. The then … Continued
Australian Banknote Forgeries
A member of the Numismatic Society of South Australia presented the following at the Society’s meeting held on 19 November 2015. The Advertiser newspaper today (19.11.15) reported on the arrest of a 30 year old man and his 25 year … Continued
Australian Promissory Notes
Private promissory notes in small denominations had their hey-day in New South Wales from c.1812-1814 and Tasmania from c.1822-1826. They are generally referred to as “Promissory notes”, but the notes of those times really divide into two general categories. The … Continued
Coins from the Port Elliott (South Australia) WW1 Wishing Well
Shortly after World War One the Port Elliot community created a wishing well and when the well was dismantled its coins; Australian and British pennies and halfpennies, were put aside as they could no longer be banked. This year the … Continued
Medals of Robert Barton For Sale
Medals awarded to the fourth son of Robert Barton a former Deputy Master of Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint, are currently up for sale. The group of six medals with death plaque are being offered by John Burridge of … Continued
Mozambique Company, Paris seals (Companhia de MoÇambique Comité de Paris)
At the 17 September 2015 meeting of the NSSA a member showed the above document seals. The two document seals were used in the Mozambique Company’s Paris Registration Office sometime between 1891 and 1942. The author has yet to sight … Continued
Uniface Facsimile Half Ounce 1994 Platinum Koala
At the 17 September 2015 meeting of the NSSA a member showed the item imaged above. This uniface item is 25mm in diameter, weighs 7.3g and is silver plated copper. It is a uniface facsimile of a 1994 1/2oz platinum … Continued
Miss Sedley Towler
While sorting out Minute books on other papers to be forwarded to the South Australian Archives I came across the only known photo of Miss Towler, the numismatist at the Public Library, Museum & Art Gallery of South Australia … Continued