For the love of collecting
DECEMBER
Inside this issue
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New rotating coin to put market in a spin!
A unique, innovative tribute to Jules Verne’s pioneering sci-fi novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, this massive 75mm legal tender issue features a rotating window! Mintage just 400 – sell-out certain.
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Enjoy Downies Sizzling Summer Sale!
An outstanding opportunity to enjoy devastating discounts across an extensive array of highly desirable coins and commemoratives, Downies Summer Sale continues on pages 12&13 – with plenty more bargains on our website!
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Celebrate the Festive Season in style!
Looking for that inspired Christmas gift? With a sensational selection of creative Christmas coins on page 18 – including the Royal Australian Mint’s eye-catching Christmas Decoration 50c issues – Downies has you covered!
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Australia’s King of Coins – the rare 1930 Penny
Famous as ‘the coin not meant to be struck’, this is your big chance to be one of the privileged few to become the proud owner of the King of Australian Coins – the iconic, excessively rare 1930 Penny!
New member of the Cute & Cuddly Family!
Adorable and affordable, we are proud to announce the arrival of a new member of the Cute & Cuddly family – the Baby Sugar Glider 2026 $1 1oz Silver Proof Coin!
An enchanting addition to an internationally-admired series, this new 99.9% silver Proof honours the Sugar Glider – a nocturnal possum fond of sweet foods. Native to only a small area of south-eastern Australia, this lovable Aussie icon is superbly depicted upon the 38.60mm flan, united with a Blue Triangle Butterfly and flowering gum.
A great gift for friends and contacts overseas, and the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of a baby, the mintage of this captivating legal tender issue is a mere 1,000! With so few struck, immediate action is a must.
Baby Sugar Glider 2026 $1 1oz Silver Proof Coin
New Cute & Cuddly release! 1oz of 99.9% silver! Proof quality!
Worldwide mintage just 1,000 coins! Niue legal tender – spans 38.60mm. Beautifully presented within a case. Numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
1oz of 99.99% pure, glittering gold! Struck to flawless Proof quality.
Mintage set at a mere 99 coins! Niue legal tender: spans 38.60mm. Numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
Baby Sugar Glider 2026 $100 1oz Gold Proof Coin
View Jupiter from
The fourth issue of the Space Silver Series, the Jupiter from Callisto 2026 $1 1oz Silver Proof will command attention from Melbourne to Mercury!
An official legal tender issue, this eye-catching new coin is a brilliant work of numismatic art. Notable for the compelling contrast of full-colour and sparkling 99.9% silver, the design portrays an astronaut upon Callisto’s ancient, cratered surface, gazing in awe at Jupiter.
With the mintage of this spectacular silver superstar just 999, and demand sure to skyrocket to astronomical heights, you must act now.
Jupiter from Callisto 2026 $1 1oz Silver Proof Coin
Crafted from 1oz of 99.99% gold! Proof quality! Stunning full-colour!
Limited edition set at just 99 coins! Niue legal tender: measures 38.60mm. Numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
Jupiter from Callisto 2026 $100 1oz Gold Proof Coin
99.9% silver! Proof quality! Full-colour! Worldwide limited edition just 999 coins! Niue legal tender: measures 38.60mm. Features portrait of King Charles III. Beautifully presented in a plush case. Numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
$9,999 41132
Putting a unique spin on one of the world’s true literary classics, we are proud to present the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 2026 $1 High Relief Rotating Silver & Copper Bimetal Antique Coin!
Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas was first published as a book in 1870. A pioneering work of science fiction, it details the adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil and Ned Land as they travel the world’s oceans after captured by Captain Nemo and taken aboard his futuristic submarine, Nautilus.
Uniting 15g of 99.9% silver with 340g of copper, this 75mm coin is, like the Nautilus, a masterwork of innovation. Rotate the copper base, and enjoy the wonders of the seven seas from the window of Nautilus in glorious full-colour! Based on designs from Verne’s sci-fi classic, the colour motifs are complemented by the razor-sharp silver reverse –portraying Captain Nemo, and bearing a ‘JV’ monogram!
With the mintage just 400, and its predecessor – the Cosmic Encounters 2025 $1 Rotating Coin – sold out at speed, you must act now!
Inventive Rotating Window design!
15g of 99.9% silver, 340g of copper!
Special Jules Verne ‘JV’ monogram!
Limited edition a mere 400 coins! Samoa legal tender: spans a huge 75mm! Numbered Certificate of Authenticity. R
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 2026 $1 High Relief Rotating Silver & Copper Bimetal Antique Coin
Uniting 1oz of 99.99% gold with the precise application of full-colour, this precious metal masterpiece coin forms a prestigious tribute to Australia’s cuddliest bush icon.
An official Australian legal tender release from the Perth Mint, the mintage has been restricted to a mere 200 coins – each set in an official case with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Just one coin available!
2023 50c Timmy Willie Silver-plated Prooflike Coin
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2023 50c Mrs Tittlemouse Silver-plated Prooflike Coin
2023
Pigling Bland
Disney Movie Moments Pinocchio Silverplated Commemorative Pack
Disney Movie Moments Hercules Silver-plated Commemorative Pack
Disney H is for Hercules Silver-plated Commemorative
Disney
Royal Australian Mint Rippers!
Complete WWI Sovereign Set!
A presentation of the utmost prestige and rarity, the 1914-18 Sovereign M,P&S Mintmark Complete 15-Coin Collection includes an example of EVERY Australian Sovereign issued during WWI!
Comprising the five Sydney Mint dates, the five Melbourne Mint dates and the five Perth Mint dates from 1914 to 1918, this set is excessively
rare as a complete collection. With so many coins melted for the gold, this set is incredibly difficult to assemble piece-by-piece. This is your chance to create a complete collection in an instant!
A family heirloom in the making, each set is presented within a lockable timber case with a Certificate of Authenticity.
The last coins of the predecimal era, and the first of Elizabeth II, this set features every date and mintmark of every denomination from 1953 until 1964. This includes all the key, scarce dates from 1953 to 1956, plus 12 bonus coins illustrating the two different obverse types found on each Elizabeth II predecimal denomination! Housed in a FREE album valued at $59, don’t miss your big chance to create a complete collection in an instant!
The rare, iconic 1930 Penny…
Known as ‘the coin not meant to be struck’, we are delighted to present the King of Australian Coins – the iconic, excessively rare 1930 Penny!
Due to the Great Depression, no pennies were struck in Australia in 1930 – or so it was thought. It is now accepted that the Melbourne Mint produced perhaps 3,000 coins in die testing, with these coins released into circulation with a later penny issue in satisfaction of a Commonwealth order. As a result, the 1930 Penny is extremely rare in any grade.
Complete with a 1911-64 Penny 74-Coin Set –yours for FREE! – we can offer the 1930 Penny in Fine with minor edge bruising at a whopping $3,500 off regular retail!
Secure the 1930 Penny, and get a 1911-64 Penny 74-Coin Set for FREE! All but complete, with only three 1919/20 Penny Dot types, 1933/32 Penny Overdate and 1930 Penny above absent, this historic Australian coin set comprises 74 different dates and mintmarks!
Australia 1930 Penny Fine with minor edge bruising
Limited edition just 650!
Struck from 24g of sterling silver –double the weight of a standard £2 silver coin – and plated in gold, this Piedfort issue marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
A working observatory and museum, commissioned by King Charles II in 1675, the Royal Observatory has played a key role in perfecting the art of navigation and accurate timekeeping. A fine tribute to one of Britain’s most iconic institutions, this superbly designed, edge-inscribed coin has a limited edition of just 650!
Great Britain 350th Anniversary of the Royal Observatory 2025 £2 Bimetal Silver Proof Piedfort Coin
of 22-carat gold!
A masterpiece of modern minting, this collectable colossus is struck from 39.94g of 22-carat gold! The combined weight of five sovereigns! An Australian legal tender issue, the broad 36.60mm flan forms the ideal canvas for the inspired reimagining of Pistrucci’s St George & the Dragon. The perfect finishing touch, the reverse field, the rim and the edge are all finished in 22-carat pink gold!
Set in a Perth Mint case with a numbered Certificate, the mintage is a mere 150. Just two coins available!
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