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Interestingly, I have found it most difficult to get the 1996 Sir Henry Parkes and the 1997 Smithy in good condition. I wonder why ?.
But I have also been lucky in finding a 1991 "mint your own" roo coin in my change.
Nice find on the 1991 mint your own coin, There were only 22,500 of these

All mine are from mint sets and other uncirculated coins sold singly or in mint packs of 2 or 4 coins.
I only started this set because I had to buy mint sets to finish my 20 cents set and the dollar and 2 dollar coins came with them.
I put them in an album and they looked a bit lonely so I have been slowly adding to them and voila a new collection evolved out of my leftover coins.
The 2 dollar coins are pretty easy to get but the dollar coins have such a wide array of different dates, commemorative designs and mint marks they are just as difficult as the 50 cent collection I am working on.
Don't ya just love this hobby there is ALWAYS something out there that will add to your collection

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