Rare Australian Coins & Misstrikes 2026-01-09 Auction - 300 Price Results - Smalls Auctions in NSW
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Sydney, Nsw, Australia
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Rare Australian Coins & Misstrikes

Welcome to Smalls Auctions Sale 346, featuring some of the most intriguing numismatic rarities and mistakes. Leading the Sale is an Australian 1944 S Sixpence struck on a Threepence planchet, produced during WWII when the San Francisco and Denver mints assisted in supplying Australian silver for American servicemen, with a similar anomaly being a 1942 S Shilling struck on a Sixpence planchet. The 1944 Sixpence has added fame from its previous owner, actor Buddy Ebsen, remembered as Holly Golightly’s cuckolded husband in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and later as Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies. Among decimal-era errors, the 2007 ‘Double Obverse’ Five Cent demonstrates that mistakes weren’t just made overseas. For collectors seeking pristine rarity, the 1966 Australian ‘London’ Polished-die Proof Twenty Cent is exceptional—the only example in private hands, with a matching coin held by the Royal Australian Mint. How it left the official collection remains speculative, potentially linked to David Allen Gee, who had access to the Mint in the early 1970s. From emergency wartime strikes to modern decimal curiosities and singular proofs, Sale 346 presents a fascinating opportunity to acquire coins with remarkable histories and stories, making it essential viewing for collectors of Australian numismatics and errors.