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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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 to C.C.F and best wishes in your new found interest.! "Addictive"- maybe just a little.!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Thanks everyone.
Do you know of anyone to look out for, as in ones that a novice like myself might overlook.
I am more then willing to post detailed photos of in question coin. Instead of uploading every coin. Yeah,any coin your not sure of throw a photo on here and the Brains trust will ID & its approx. value. One thing,its the 1923 half-penny thats worth big $,not the penny,and a warning,as already stated coin collecting can be addictive. . |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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These are some of the rare, scarce, low mintage and variety coins to keep a look out for. Just a quick list until you get you hands on a reference guide.  Halfpenny1923 1915 Penny1930 1925 1946 Threepence1922/21 Overdate 1934/33 Overdate 1915 1942 (Melbourne â€" no mint mark) One Shilling1921* Has a star above the date 1946 .S Has a Dot in front of the S in Shilling Two Shillings Commemorative1927 Canberra 1934-35 Melb Centenary 1951 â€" 1901-1951 Commem 1954 - Royal Visit Two Shillings1946 Larger circle in the 6 life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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to CCF! If you are valuing them for insurance purposes you may as well have your neighbours cat do it. For you to get an insurance company to cover it you will need a reputable coin dealer to give you a proper written valuation. Having said that we love to see coins and help as much as we can. We can all help to give rough values so you know if it will be worth paying for a valuation. |
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New Member
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Cheers enworb, I was worried about that as well. But I think I will go down the path of valuing them anyway, just out of curiosity as they will be mine someday. I liken the experience to Pringles 'Once you pop, you can't stop'.
Is there any sort of etiquite to uploading pic's, eg multiple coins per post or single coin per post?
Also there are alot of other coin from 1990 $200 medallions to 1800's coins is this the right section to ask about these as well or is there another I should bombard with questions?
Cheers everyone for the responces
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Try to keep to 3 coins per post.. Makes it easier for some (not me!) to load the page.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
There is a grading section within the Australian section here. You can post the pictures there. If you have a few pennies they could probably go in the same thread. Try and keep one coin to each photo and make sure we can see a picture of both sides.
Unless the coins you have from the 1800's are gold they will not be Australian. I'm guessing theyre british pennies and halfpennies. Australian Commowealth coinage began in 1910 with the minting of the sterling silver 3d, 6d, 1/- and 2/-. The following year both 1/2d and 1d were minted in bronze.
The $200 coins are gold and worth more than double their face value in gold content.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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CamMac If you are going to post photos of coins you will find it a bit of an art and requires a bit of practice but the better and clearer the photo is the greater the chance of us offering an accurate grade and grade is everything with regards to valuation |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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wait we cant forget the 1932 florin is quite rare and also the 1914H, 1915 and the 1939 florin are quite scarce and if in pretty good condition can be quite valuable. Also I cant wait to see pictures of them and if you have any florins I would be glad to help you value them  Edited by oh my florin
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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi CamMac, Welcome to CCF You might find that if you speak to your insurer in person and if you have a professionally presented list of your holdings with you (even if you have valued them yourself by reasonable means eg by reference to ebay sale prices etc) that they may take the insurance of the coins on board. Essentially it could well depend on how valuable your portfolio turns out to be but it is possible that you may not need to have it valued by a dealer to have it insured (despite what your existing policy may say). It would be worth asking the question. Pedro |
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Australia
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Welcome, and don't overlook errors and variations. I am a decimal coin person and don't know much about pre-decimal, but I am sure there are noteworthy errors to look for as well as general errors and variations that occur.
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Essentially it could well depend on how valuable your portfolio turns out to be but it is possible that you may not need to have it valued by a dealer to have it insured (despite what your existing policy may say). It would be worth asking the question. Exactly,if there is a large number of coins involved a pro. valuation from a dealer is big $,hundreds of $,even if you only get the $100+ coins valued and it takes the dealer over an hour your probaly (in my out of date opinion)up for $80-$100. My Mother had her coin collection insured in the 1970/80's and all the Insurance Co. wanted was the approx. value(around $2000 at the time),no valuations or sightings but I guess if it was $20,000+ they would have different procedures in place,also it depends on whether your've had a previous claim or not I was told once. |
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Australia
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i had a quick look and have found that I have a few on nanyc list.
1915 Half Penny
1925 Penny
1946 Penny
1915 Threepence
1942 Threepence (i have to check to see if it has a mint mark or not)
i won't have any pictures until the weekend
ill have to double check the coins as I only have a list that I made up to go off.
cheers everyone
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
I have recently been looking into insurance for my collection. Anything under $2000 the insurance company will take my word, anything over that and they want a proffesional evaluation.
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