Australia’s most respected and valuable rare gold coin collection will go to auction, in what is expected to be the most prestigious numismatic event in this nations history.

(Sydney, Australia, 5th May 2009). The famed Quartermaster Collection, containing many of Australia’s most valuable and highest quality gold coins, will be going to auction on the 4th of June 2009.

Featuring many of Australia’s rarest coins, this Auction will be unlike any other seen in Australia.

The collection of 344 items is an anthology of Australian gold currency, spanning 1852 to 1931. Tony Richardson, a director of Monetarium (Australia) Pty Ltd, says, “It’s an extraordinary achievement to have assembled such a comprehensive collection of rare coins. I doubt it will ever be seen again”.

Some of the lots that will go under the hammer are unique or very few are known to exist: including the excessively rare Adelaide Assay Office Ingots & Port Phillip Patterns, one of only two 1852 Five Pounds Coins and the finest quality Type 1 & Type 2 Adelaide Pounds.

For Australia, these coins are an invaluable source of recollection for this young country’s economic independence. For many years, they have been the most impressive presentation of Australia’s first currency and are some of the most prized and historically significant pieces attainable for a quality numismatic portfolio. (more…)