Show and tell - part 1

 Posted 03/11/2012  10:34 pm

I have only recently joined the Coin Community.
Over the past 6 months I have been checking my change and have come up with some interesting varieties. Mainly in the 25,50 cents and 1 dollar class. I would like to show these to other members, to demonstrate (yet again !) what a fun and fruitful past-time this can be.

I will start with the simplest group in my collection - the foreign coins that often wander into our pockets. Proving what a "globetrotting" lot we Aussies are. Or conversely, what an enterprising lot our foreign visitors are

I have attached the 5 cent and 10 cent "foreign visitors".
Also the 20 and 50 cent visitors





As you can see, for our 5 cent impostors there are the 25 Indonesian Rupiah and the 5 cents New Zealand.

For the 10 cent impostors it gets more interesting. 5 English New Pence, 10 English Old Pence, an American Quarter dollar, a Singaporean 50 cents, a Chinese 1 Yuan, a Fijian 10 cents and the New Zealand 10 cent piece !.

For the 20 cents "alternatives" I have found an English 10 New Pence (are "New Pence" more valuable than "Old Pence", or just smaller ?), 20 Francs from New Caledonia, 50 Sen from Malaysia and of course the 20 cents from New Zealand.

For the 50 cents I have found the handsome Fijian equivalent in my change.

Now I wonder which denomination gains most from passing through our pockets ?!

Squire