May Money 2024 Catalogue

A unique 99.9% silver tribute to the Knight, underpinned by an exquisite Black Proof finish and razor-sharp detail in the design, the new Chess Series coin is now available! With the first coin in the series, honouring the King, sold-out in record time, immediate action is essential.

Banknote Bonanza! See pages 14&15 May 2024 99.99% gold! Mintage just 99!

Struck from 1oz of 99.99% gold, finished in 99.95% platinum, this Niue legal tender issue has a mintage of just 99 coins: each with a numbered Certificate.

40th Anniversary of the $1! See pages 4&5

Ultimate Decimal Coin Set See pages 8&9

´ Struck from 1oz of pure, glittering 99.9% silver

´ Underpinned by a rich, distinctive Black Proof finish!

´ An official Niue legal tender issue: measures 38.60mm in diameter

´ Mintage just 999 coins –sell-out certain

´ Beautifully presented within the confines of a plush timber case

´ Includes an individually numbered Certificate of Authenticity

Captain Cook Classic!

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s pioneering journey across the Antarctic, we have a tiny number of this classic colour coin available. Don’t miss the boat!

´ Struck to Proof quality from 1oz of 99.9% pure silver

´ Mintage a mere 750 coins – tiny number in stock!

´ Official Niue legal tender – spans 38.60mm in diameter

´ Complete with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity

Featuring a fully struck-up, full-colour design, this 99.99% silver Tuvalu legal tender coin has a mintage of just 2,500.

Notable for the tiny mintage of 1,000, this stunning Niue legal tender full-colour coin is struck from pure 99.9% silver.

This 99.99% silver Tuvalu legal tender issue is struck by the Perth Mint, as with the coin at left. Mintage just 2,500!

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New Mythical Creatures coin!

A coin of palpable energy and movement, capturing the staggering size and terrifying appearance of the Sea Serpent as it smashes through the churning sea, the third issue of the Mythical Creatures Series has a mintage of just 750!

With so few struck, and this dramatic release sure to be swept away by a tidal wave of demand, you must act now!

´ Struck to Proof quality from 2oz of 99.9% pure silver

´ Bears a dramatic, dynamic full-colour reverse design

´ Official Niue legal tender: spans 55mm in diameter

´ Exclusive! Tiny mintage restricted to just 750 coins!

´ Nautical obverse design, with a decorative border!

´ Includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity

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The 40th anniversary of Australia’s $1 coin!

Symbolising the death of the $1 note and the birth of the $1 coin, this set unites the last Australian paper $1 banknote – bearing the Last Prefix –with Australia’s first $1 coin in Proof!

Featuring the prefix DPS, the Johnston/ Stone Last Prefix $1 is, like all Last Prefix types, scarce and hotly pursued – especially in strictly Uncirculated

From a RAM Mint Roll, secure the first Australian $1 of King Charles III in strictly Uncirculated quality.

quality, as here. Bearing Stuart Devlin’s inspired Mob of Roos motif – stunning struck to the highest quality – the RAM’s 1984 $1 Proof forms the perfect partner.

A premium quality presentation, these important, richly symbolic Australian currency issues are united within an illustrated, informative full-colour pack.

The first Roos $1 date, this Specimen type is also the only Roos $1 with the Machin portrait of Queen Elizabeth II!

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´ Comprises fifteen unique $1 commemorative coins

´ Australian legal tender: struck by Royal Australian Mint

´ All coins in Uncirculated quality, housed in cards

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Headlined by the first $1 coin, this set also includes the 1984 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c & 50c – all in Unc!

Mighty Mob of Roos 33-Coin Collection in Unc!

An extensive, definitive presentation, packed with scarce, highly desirable coins, this collection comprises THIRTY-THREE issues from the Mob of Kangaroos $1 Series – all in strictly Uncirculated quality!

Naturally featuring the first Roos $1 issue, the unique Machin 1984 $1, the set also includes the first Roos $1 dates to carry the Maklouf, Rank-Broadley and Clark portraits of Elizabeth II. Also highlighted by the first Charles III Roos $1, the set is headlined by many lowmintage not-issued-for-circulation dates. Missing from most collections, the 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007 & 2012 Roos $1 coins were only struck for collectors, and will never be found in change! The perfect

Australia 1984-2023 $1 Mob of Roos Uncirculated 33-Coin Collection

complement, a not-issued-for-circulation 2023 Roos $1 Memorial Obverse coin is included as well!

Importantly, this sweeping selection also encompasses several low-mintage, scarce dates. The 2014 Roos $1 has a mintage of just 1.052 million, for example, while the unique 2016 Roos $1 with commemorative obverse has a mintage of just 560,000! Even more astonishing, the mintage of the 2021 Roos $1 is just 160,000!

Available at $100 off market value, and housed in a FREE album valued at $59, we have a limited number of strictly Uncirculated 33-coin sets available. Act now!

Official Mint Sets from the Royal Australian

Featuring the classic Bicentenary 50c, the 1988 Mint Set (1c-$2) was the RAM’s most popular Mint Set issue.

Celebrating the new millennium, the 2000 set is highlighted by a unique, one-year-only Australian Flag 50c.

The last 8-coin Mint Set before the RAM stopped striking the 1c & 2c! Also includes the unique Ram’s Head 50c!

This 8-coin set saw the brief return of the 1c & 2c: only copper Unc 1c & 2c with Rank-Broadley portrait!

The Royal Australian Mint’s 1966-2023 Mint Set Series is one of the most important collector programs in Australian numismatics. Every year, collectors eagerly await the unveiling of this crucial annual issue, and the RAM never disappoints.

Underpinned by powerful themes and impressive presentation, the RAM’s Mint Sets are also notable for the eye-catching beauty of the coins. Struck to Brilliant Uncirculated standard – a much higher standard than that used to strike the coins found in change – the coins in Australian Mint Sets literally glitter with quality.

A seldom seen opportunity, with Downies rarely having enough stock to offer these immensely popular RAM issues, we have every Mint Set from 1985 to 2023 available! With a limited number of many years in stock, however, do not delay your order!

Australian Mint – complete from 1985 to 2023!

The Royal Australian Mint’s first annual Mint Set to feature a full-colour coin! Seldom seen on the market!

Headlined by the first full-colour 20c! Highly sought after and soaring in value, as with 2012 & 2014 sets.

Features the very first Mob of Roos $1 to be enhanced with the glory of full-colour minting technology!

Comprises six ‘obverse commemoratives’! The first in Australian history! Includes key, low-mintage $1!

Australia’s first decimal Mint Set, this groundbreaking lowmintage issue includes our first 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c & 20c dates, plus the iconic, unique 80% pure silver Round 50c!

In strictly Uncirculated quality, as with each set on this page, the 1971 Mint Set encompasses the 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 50c and the lowest mintage Machin portrait 20c!

Headlined by Australia’s very first decimal commemorative, the unique, one-year-only Captain Cook 50c, the 1970 Mint Set also includes the 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c & 20c.

Australia 1970 6-Coin Mint Set

every Mint Set from 1977 to 1982! Australia 1966 6-Coin Mint Set

A fantastic way to secure early decimal dates in Uncirculated condition, this affordable collection encompasses all six RAM Mint Sets from 1977 until 1982! Highlighted by the inclusion of the Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1977 Mint Set and the Brisbane Commonwealth Games 1982 Mint Set, each set is housed in an official RAM acrylic wallet, as with every Mint Set on page 10.

Featuring the lowest mintage Machin portrait 50c (just 4m struck, very scarce today), the 1973 Mint Set also includes the 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c & 20c, all in Uncirculated quality.

An official RAM/RBNZ joint-release, this tribute to the Gallipoli Campaign 75th anniversary unites an Australian legal tender $5 with a New Zealand legal tender $5. Depicting Simpson & the Donkey and a Kiwi serviceman respectively, the coins are set within individual boxes, then housed in an outer case.

Struck from sterling silver, the 1988 $2 was the first $2 coin date!

Australia’s first $5 coin: honours opening of new Parliament House. Marks 100 years since first award of VC to a member of the Australian forces.

Landmark release: this sterling silver issue was our first $10 coin!

The very first issue of Australia’s first $10 collector coin series!

A sterling silver tribute to the 150th anniversary of South Australia.

Commemorating the 200th anniversary of European Settlement in 1788.

Struck from sterling silver, this unique type honours the Apple Isle.

One of the lowest mintage issues in the $10 States & Territories Series!

The last Australian shilling date in mint state

An irresistible opportunity to secure the very last Australian silver shilling date in pristine, mint state condition, we have three outstanding PCGS graded Queen Elizabeth II 1963 Shillings available. As good as the day they left the Melbourne Mint, one is in Choice Uncirculated, with the other two in Gem Uncirculated quality! Don’t delay your order!

Key George VI threepence date in superior grade

One of the lowest mintage George VI threepence issues, with only 4.176m struck, the key date 1947 Threepence is a crucial coin in any condition. When found in superior grade, it’s simply a must-have. Your big chance to add this sought after WWII-era issue to your collection in mint state, we have one example in Choice Unc condition, and two in Gem Unc!

Last Threepence in Gem Unc! Stateside Silver Stunner!

An historic, richly symbolic date, as the last threepence of the predecimal era, this lustrous, sharply detailed 1964 Threepence is a must-have in Gem Uncirculated condition.

Struck at the US Mint in Denver, as the USA assisted Australia with coin production during WWII, this flawless 1943D Sixpence is excellent value in Choice Uncirculated quality.

Australia’s last predecimal dates – in Unc!

A compelling keepsake of the final chapter of Australia’s first national currency system, this array of sets includes every 1960s date and mintmark – in Uncirculated quality! Although the mintages of the last predecimal coins were large, millions

Australia Elizabeth II 1960-64 Halfpenny Uncirculated 5-Coin Set 27324 $49 Australia Elizabeth II 1960-64 Threepence Uncirculated 5-Coin Set 14236 $3995

of coins were recycled at decimalisation, with a huge number of silver coins melted and shipped to the USA. Increasingly scarce in better grade, this is an opportunity that must not be missed. Buy all six sets and SAVE $100!

Australia Elizabeth II 1960-64 Halfpenny Uncirculated 6-Coin Set

The ultimate Australian banknote presentation…

The 1991 25th Anniversary Archival Banknote Presentation Set is recognised as the most valuable, most historic Australian banknote collection ever issued.

An official RBA release, with the notes taken from their archives, each set features the last four predecimal note issues (10/-, £1, £5 & £10) united with the four decimal denominations issued in 1966 – the $1, $2, $10 & $20. In strictly Uncirculated quality, the predecimal notes carry LAST

PREFIXES, whilst the decimal notes feature FIRST PREFIXES! Even more astounding, all eight Coombs/Wilson notes are matched by the last three digits in the low serial numbers!

Housed within a magnificent 23-page, leather-bound album, this landmark collection had a limited edition of just 800. With many sets broken up, and the notes sold individually, we rarely have the opportunity to present this prized collector item.

$11,950

Australia’s last predecimal notes in Unc!

Australia’s final predecimal types are a must-have for every Australian collection – especially in strictly Uncirculated quality! Including the 10/-, £1, £5 and £10, the last predecimal notes were issued under the then new RBA. All four are scarce in top grade, in large part due to the number withdrawn from circulation and destroyed by the Commonwealth. Seldom seen in Unc, this is your chance to enjoy these immensely historic notes in the finest quality.

$3,195

The 1966-84 $1 Collection! Utterly

An irresistible opportunity, this is your chance to secure all TEN different types in the Australian 1966-84 $1 banknote series – with every note in Uncirculated condition!

The $1 note was destined to be Australia’s briefest decimal note denomination. First issued under Coombs/Wilson in 1966, the last $1 note was issued from 1982 to 1984 during the Johnston/Stone signature combination. In between, the $1 was issued under five other signature combinations – 1968 Coombs/Randall, 1969 Phillips/Randall, 1972 Phillips/Wheeler, 1976 Knight/Wheeler, 1979 Knight/Stone – with every one represented in this collection! Indeed, this set features BOTH the Phillips/ Wheeler Commonwealth AND Australia banner types, and the three different Knight/Wheeler issues – including the sought after DBP Test note!

Available at an unbeatable price, the 1966-84 $1 Note Collection is now $135 off current market value! Housed in a Deluxe Lighthouse Album – valued at $85 but yours FREE! – we have a tiny number of sets available.

The briefest $1 note issue, and the highest cataloguing $1, the 1968 Coombs/Randall $1 is very scarce as an individual note in Unc – and rarely offered as an Unc Consecutive Pair!

Scarce in Unc, this key note features the First Prefix of the first Australian $1! Issued in 1966, and bearing the prefix AAA, this first-of-its-kind issue is a vital acquisition.

Landmarks of the World

Struck in a concave/convex format from a KILO of 99.9% silver, this huge 180mm Barbados legal tender coin celebrates the world’s greatest landmarks – Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower and more! Mintage just 199!

Mintage just 199 coins!

Honouring the leopard, this spherical coin is struck from a whopping KILO of 99.9% silver! Notable for the rich, impressive Antique finish, this inspiring Djibouti legal tender issue has a mintage of just 199!

Vicious Vikings!

Most notable for the depth and detail in the reverse motif, this Samoan legal tender tribute to the Vikings is struck to Ultra High Relief quality from a KILO of 99.9% silver – and spans 100mm! Just 199 struck!

The Lion of England

An official issue of Britain’s Royal Mint, taken from a mintage of just 72, this huge British legal tender tribute to the iconic Lion of England is struck to Proof quality from a KILO of 99.9% pure silver.

Underpinned by a Sculptured High Relief strike that sees the detailed depiction of the samurai rise above the surface of the coin, this gold-plated issue is a spectacular work of modern minting.

´ Struck from 5oz 99.9% silver

´ Official legal tender of Samoa

´ Limited mintage just 399 coins!

´ Housed within a lavish timber case

Struck from 2oz of 99.9% silver, this Burundi legal tender issue is highlighted by a gold-plated privymark and piece of real jade in the reverse! Just 1,888 issued!

Honouring the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II...

Featuring a stunning array of gold-plated, full-colour legal tender coins, forming a compelling chronicle of the life of Great Britain’s longest reigning monarch, we are delighted to present the Queen Elizabeth II Coin Collection.

Start your collection with the ‘Coronation 1953’ gold-plated coin, graced with the official Coronation portrait in full-colour. Subscribe now, SAVE $20 on your first coin, and get FREE shipping for your first delivery!

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Honouring Queen Elizabeth II…

Designed by Stuart Devlin, and featuring an Australian wattle blossom surrounded by twenty-five crowns, this coin marks the 25th anniversary of the reign of Elizabeth II.

Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1977 50c Cupro-Nickel

A rich insight into the enormity of the British Empire, and the number of countries that considered Elizabeth II their head of state, this presentation features eighteen official currency issues from around the globe.

Comprising sixteen coins, one banknote and one stamp from former British colonies or their successor states, each set is housed in a case with an informative Certificate of Authenticity.

Australia’s second full-colour circulating type, and second lowest mintage issued commemorative $2, with a mere 1m struck, the Coronation $2 is scarce in Unc.

Australia Elizabeth II Coronation 60th Anniversary 2013 $2 Aluminium-Bronze Uncirculated Coin Pack

Struck to Prooflike quality and finished in 24-carat gold, this affordable crown-sized tribute to the life and reign of Elizabeth II is presented in an illustrated folder.

This 99.9% silver Tokelau legal tender coin bears all six Elizabeth II portraits seen on Australian coins since 1953. 2,000 issued: each with numbered Certificate of Authenticity.