David Jones $100 Token Gold Coin

For the benefit of our non Australian friends,
David Jones is a large department store chain in Australia.
Business not so good for them, with on line trading.

As far as the gift tokens are concerned, I am really having to dig into my memory, from decades ago, and thus stand to be corrected.

David Jones issued bronze silver and gold colored gift tokens.
The bronze $25 were bronze, the $50 were silver probably copper nickel, and the $100 gold were also copper nickel, probably gold plated.
?Issued in the late 1990's?

Noble Numismatics - Macquarie Street Sydney, may be able to provide all of the relevant information on them that has been published. They are very good on the history of Australian numismatics.
Give them a 'phone call.

to the Community!

After a lot of research by myself over the last 5 years I have managed to obtain a $25, $50 and $100 dollar tokens, with a $250 token also available.

These tokens were produced by The Royal Australian Mint

The image here is from the 1994 David Jones Christmas Catalogue

In case anyone is interested the numbering is engraved on the edge of medallion

Leaves me to consider what the legality of the
Coca Cola sovereign may be.

There is one other token for a "complete set": the $5 token, mentioned in the advertising blurb that came with the set of silver "pudding coins". Here it is, in a set for sale on ebay: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/255767079051


I'm guessing these $5 tokens are smaller than the regular gift tokens; if the "pudding coins" are about threepence-sized, then the $5 token must be no bigger than a 10 cent piece.

My final question regarding these tokens is this: they bear no date of issue, nor expiry date. So are they still technically valid for their face value at DJ's?

Just a quick bump on this old thread for some additional info on these tokens.

I found a $50 token for sale at the Geelong Vintage Market for $75, so I now have one of these tokens.

I also found a website with one for sale: https://loosechangecoins.com.au/pro...d-gift-token

That website states that the tokens are individually numbered, like banknote serial numbers. So I crack open the case of mine and sure enough there's a number there on the edge; mine is number 23462.

Assuming they started at 00001, that's a higher mintage than what I was expecting.

Finally, on the question of manufacturer: David Jones seems to have contracted several different mints to make them. The sales blurb for the $250 in this thread states the $250 at least were made by the RAM. The $25 tokens, on the other hand, are clearly marked STOKES MELBOURNE on the reverses (example on eBay), so those ones were made by Stokes.