Hi all,
Can anyone suggest a good book/ guide about Australian Sovereigns and Half's.
Cheers
bja.
"The Gold Sovereign" and "The Gold Half Sovereign" by Michael Marsh are good, and, if you're a beginner, the "Sovereign" by Andrew Crellin. Get a Quartermaster Auction catalogue for illustrations of the different types, and a Greg McDonald and Spink for a list of the varieties.
There's gotta be a market for all this info in one book but then I suppose you'd then need a crane to get it around :(
Add the Downies' RBA sale catalogue to that, it's great for statistics to get approximate survival counts.
Quote from: 'wwwww' pid='51271' dateline='1401893094'Add the Downies' RBA sale catalogue to that, it's great for statistics to get approximate survival counts.
I've been looking for an RBA sale catalogue .
If anyone has one to sell or knows of one please PM me.
Have you tried asking Downies?
Here's their order form:
http://www.downies.com/aca/images/rba-brochure.pdf
Just picked up a copy of the Quartermaster auction catalogue as suggested by this thread. Woow a very nicely produced book in itself.
But wasn't the Quartermaster Collection sold off some time ago?
Dr David Briggs has recently published a number of tomes on various Australian coins (I purchased the one on the silver coins and it is the best one by far on the subject). I think he will be issuing one on the gold coins soon so that will be one to consider.
I know Universal coins sells some of his books so they will likely be a supplier.
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='70988' dateline='1429507648'But wasn't the Quartermaster Collection sold off some time ago?
Yes. Yes it was. I wanted a copy as a reference.
Quote from: 'nealeffendi' pid='70989' dateline='1429507657'Dr David Briggs has recently published a number of tomes on various Australian coins (I purchased the one on the silver coins and it is the best one by far on the subject). I think he will be issuing one on the gold coins soon so that will be one to consider.
I know Universal coins sells some of his books so they will likely be a supplier.
Pretty steep price. Wish I can have a browse first.
The price is pretty steep but the silver book is full colour and bigger/thicker than Renniks so even this stingy bugger felt it was money well spent (I presume the gold book would be as good). No copies in the libraries so you need to find another collector to give you a peek.
Quote from: 'nealeffendi' pid='70989' dateline='1429507657'Dr David Briggs has recently published a number of tomes on various Australian coins (I purchased the one on the silver coins and it is the best one by far on the subject). I think he will be issuing one on the gold coins soon so that will be one to consider.
I know Universal coins sells some of his books so they will likely be a supplier.
Where did you source the silver book?
Can't find it on their website. There is only the copper one. Sold out?? :(
I sourced the silver book direct from the doctor. From what I can work out the books will have bigger updated editions (with minor typos etc corrected) in the near future. I think they sell out fast as there is a low mintage of perhaps only 100 copies and are intended for the hard core collector.
Shame that the best books that have been written on predecimal coins in a long while are so hard to come by...
Quote from: 'nealeffendi' pid='71096' dateline='1429693612'I sourced the silver book direct from the doctor. From what I can work out the books will have bigger updated editions (with minor typos etc corrected) in the near future. I think they sell out fast as there is a low mintage of perhaps only 100 copies and are intended for the hard core collector.
How does one contact the great doctor for a copy, so that one might also aspire to the ranks of hard core collectors?
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='71102' dateline='1429696876'Shame that the best books that have been written on predecimal coins in a long while are so hard to come by...
Indeed. And old copies are often bid up to ridiculous prices.
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='71102' dateline='1429696876'Shame that the best books that have been written on predecimal coins in a long while are so hard to come by...
It happens in the ancient arena too. I myself was looking for a few books but I only found a set of seven (I only needed one) go for 1200GBP. Fortunately some are at the State Library so it may be possible to borrow one or reference it there.
Brilliant, thanks for all the advice
I can help source Dr. Brigg's books (they're no longer available through Universal). I'll see if I can't get a couple of pages to illustrate the depth of these volumes. He sells them purely for collectors at cost price. PM me if you're interested.
Quote from: 'echidna' pid='51281' dateline='1401928574'Quote from: 'wwwww' pid='51271' dateline='1401893094'Add the Downies' RBA sale catalogue to that, it's great for statistics to get approximate survival counts.
I've been looking for an RBA sale catalogue .
If anyone has one to sell or knows of one please PM me.
Anyone with any luck getting hold of a copy of Downies' RBA sale catalogue? I have contacted them but no joy there.
I wouldn't mind getting access to one to just photocopy it.
Splock are you still able to source Dr. Brigg's books?
Quote from: 'echidna' pid='51281' dateline='1401928574'Quote from: 'wwwww' pid='51271' dateline='1401893094'Add the Downies' RBA sale catalogue to that, it's great for statistics to get approximate survival counts.
I've been looking for an RBA sale catalogue .
If anyone has one to sell or knows of one please PM me.
I have been contacting Downies for a copy, as suggested by Walter. Not sure they have any yet. But they were able to send me a spreadsheet of the auction results.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0dii4pyli9ebjEyTmphYXVITE5fMzRWUkdUY003ZklRc1dN/view?usp=sharing
Fwiw, enjoy.
Quote from: 'echidna' pid='51281' dateline='1401928574'Quote from: 'wwwww' pid='51271' dateline='1401893094'Add the Downies' RBA sale catalogue to that, it's great for statistics to get approximate survival counts.
I've been looking for an RBA sale catalogue .
If anyone has one to sell or knows of one please PM me.
Hey echidna, are you still looking for a copy of the RBA catalogue.
I finally managed to get hold of one thanks to Shaun Silcock from Downies. :yahoo: I am going to scan it into PDF at some stage. Let me know if you still want one.
Quote from: 'kchan1111' pid='84020' dateline='1453949293'Quote from: 'echidna' pid='51281' dateline='1401928574'Quote from: 'wwwww' pid='51271' dateline='1401893094'Add the Downies' RBA sale catalogue to that, it's great for statistics to get approximate survival counts.
I've been looking for an RBA sale catalogue .
If anyone has one to sell or knows of one please PM me.
Hey echidna, are you still looking for a copy of the RBA catalogue.
Thanks Kchan - I got one from Downies
Quote from: 'echidna' pid='84025' dateline='1453958307'Quote from: 'kchan1111' pid='84020' dateline='1453949293'Quote from: 'echidna' pid='51281' dateline='1401928574'Quote from: 'wwwww' pid='51271' dateline='1401893094'Add the Downies' RBA sale catalogue to that, it's great for statistics to get approximate survival counts.
I've been looking for an RBA sale catalogue .
If anyone has one to sell or knows of one please PM me.
Hey echidna, are you still looking for a copy of the RBA catalogue.
Thanks Kchan - I got one from Downies
Good stuff. :good: