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1964 , that is the birth year of my son ..
You should get him a birth set of Aussie coins, They are pretty easy to get in great grades and are pretty inexpensive at the moment  |
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1964 , that is the birth year of my son It's a good year Kel,i was also born in 64 ,I'm disappointed they don't have a 64 Florin though. |
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Those coins are simply divine.  Excellent photography. 1964 was a good year for me too....that's when I first came into the world! |
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shaden that's not natural, it's been harshly cleaned.
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question for AppleAngel: beautiful coins; great pics - what camera did you use ?
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Yes I thought so too & I would advise you to be careful when it comes to the 2 dealer who told you it is natural Shaden,sorry but it definitely is'nt natural.
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question for AppleAngel: beautiful coins; great pics - what camera did you use ? G'day Peter, It is a FUJIFILM finepix S3200,14 mgpxl 24 X zoom,set on flower setting for that pic. |
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... they light up my room in a glorious bronze when I view them on my screen  Squire |
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A few tiny nicks which can be seen on these rather merciless pictures, but would not be seen with the naked eye, prevent the second coin being graded as absolutely perfect.
Curious dimple on Elizabeth's neck (2nd pair). I would not have a clue what caused this.
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I have seen rainbow toned American silver, but NOT Australian silver.
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Maybe the differences in composition, their coins being 90% and ours 92.5% or 50%. Maybe the planchets get treated a little differently? I've got no idea. Some of the morgans that develop into 'monsters' are stunning to say the least.
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I have seen rainbow toned American silver, but NOT Australian silver.
Why is that? A few reasons: - An overwhelming majority of uncirculated Australian pre-decimal coins are either fresh roll pulls (usually brilliant white) or have been cleaned so statistically it's already unlikely to find them. - I believe that rainbow toning is caused by sulfur in envelopes they're stored in which wasn't a common means of coin storage in Australia. You seem to get rainbow toned Australian coins out of UK though so maybe they used such envelopes. - Americans like rainbow toning so there's incentive for them to artificially cause it. |
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Posted 06/20/2012 6:32 pm
lucky no one stupid enough has bid yet.
