Centenary Florin Presentation Box

[purplepennyhunter]

As Neal already knows Nettlefold was a Melbourne City councillor and future Mayor at the time and head of the Centenary committee. Is that right Neal? In that case it's not going to be any generic bulk issue box, it's special.

[Australian coin]

this page has some wording at the bottom that might be something to look at
http://www.triton.vg/F35.html

[nealeffendi]

As Neal already knows Nettlefold was a Melbourne City councillor and future Mayor at the time and head of the Centenary committee. Is that right Neal? In that case it's not going to be any generic bulk issue box, it's special.

Yes, he was in the centre of things. He had been head of Hume concrete, was on lots of committees and ended up mayor. So this florin was likely a gift from him to a staff member or present/former colleague or business associate. I'll bet he purchased a number of the florins (didn't want to be embarrassed by how many were not being sold) and gave them out. The recipient couldn't have been a relative or personal friend (who calls their uncle or mate Councillor?) so that suggests he knew the recipient in a professional manner.
From what I have been told the florin was a nice circulation strike coin.
I followed that Downies link, sold for $1100 so I did well at $340 for possibly a rarer box with Nettlefold connections.
I'm troubled by the velvet colour, are my eyes deceiving me and it isn't black? The pale ribbon in a blue holder might be the same for both my box and the Sterling box, suggests the boxes were made in Melbourne and by the same maker.
My box isn't well made, the maker likely made a batch in a hurry as there are traces of glue on both the lid and base with evidence that boxes were stacked on top of each other before the glue dried. A rush job?
I'll check out Melbourne jewellers of the mid 1930s to see if I can match my box (or the newspaper box).

[robbiegal]

ah ha
the missing link
I wondered why you'd pay so much fro a crumbly box
pity the coin wasn't in it
one would assume that by now it would be beautifully toned if it stayed in the box all these years