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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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lolol, Gary you're in USA and I'm in Australia, and I don't even have a complete set of 20 cents, let alone one 1971... :D
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Valued Member
 Australia
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I have kept heaps of these and know I'm thinking of stopping. On average I find about 1 every $45 worth. I have just been keeping them all and now I have around 200 of them. This doesn't include the coins I have sold and/or given away. Most have been pretty well circulated though!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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justabeginner,
I also have complete sets of one Cent through 50 Cent Australian coins, all in Dansco Albums.
The reason I'm fortunate enough to have these sets is thanks to friends in Australia such as Gregk, Triggersmob, Muckeye, humpybong, Nevol, Snooba, and others.
I've been concentrating on decimal coins for months. Next area of work will be pre-decimal, especially the pennies. Don't think I'll be getting a 1930 any time soon however.
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Australia
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Valued Member
Australia
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1971 - 8.94Million
1985 - 2.70Million
1993 - 1.49Million
1995 - 3.69Million
I must say that next to the 85/93/95, finding 1971's is EASY! I still havent found any halfway decent 85/93/95's (or Wavvy 66's)! Which is strange considering I have pulled a 1990 and 1991 out of circulation, and there sure are fewer of those out there!
85/93/95 is all I need to complete my Ralph Maklouf 20¢ series! If anyone has a spare or two, you know where I am! :)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Question - was there any 20c struck in 1988? The bloody RAM report mentioned 0.2 million struck in that year but again, I don't know what to trust...
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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You're unlikely to find many 85/93. I've not seen 85 other than in my Mint Set, 1993 coins mentioned in RAM annual report are believed to have been coins from previous years, held back by RAM & released into circulation in 1993, not actually minted in 1993. 1995 circulation coins are United Nations, no circ platypus that year.
From 86 - 93 & 95, no platypus coins went into circulation. Any from those years that you've found, would have come from busted up mint or proof sets. I doubt you'll find better ones very soon. Anyone that has them will be reluctant to part with them.
I keep all the 1971 coins I find, when I've got a heap, cull all the yukkiest ones & reject them.
It's possible that 1988 20¢ may have been melted down, and it's believed they only exist in mint & proof sets.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Australia
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I think I have found 2 or 3 1985 20c coins in my searches  . I have also found a 1993 but I'm not sure if it has come from a mint set . As for the 1971 I have hundreds of them that I have kept. I'm trying to cull some on ebay as we speak just to move some on. I'm going to use any money I make to buy some coins I need to fill gaps.....fingers crossed! |
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Australia
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What about 83/84? I must admit, excluding the aforementioned years (85-93/95), theyre the least prevalant of all years I have found in my 'noodling'...
I too have heard stories about RAM Minting Platypus 20c and later melting them down; can't remember what years this was for though...
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It might make sense for 1988 as this was for the bicentennial coins that were released for that year, which the commemorative 50 cents and dollar coin were struck. Perhaps the mint want to strike commemorative coins for the 20 cents piece but some were excessively struck and decision was to melt them down and strike new coins but they didn't make it somehow. Would be interesting if this is the case. I'm not too sure how the rest of the years are like but I'm still looking...
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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It's believed that almost the entire production of 83/84 20¢ were melted down as there was no economical demand for them. Only 1 x $200 box of each year has surfaced so far maikng the rolls scarce. All this info is available in "The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes" 15th Edition, author Greg McDonald. Price is $29.95 from your local Coin Store. There's a wealth of info in this book & it's a must have for the serious collector. If you don't have a local coin store, try forum member bigfella's store in Newcastle. http://www.newcastlecoins.com.aulife is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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02/14/2008 3:47 pm
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Valued Member
Australia
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I've been using Rennick's myself. Sounds like a Macca's might also be useful! Cheers Nancy
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Valued Member
Australia
414 Posts |
I have found some 83 and 84 20c coins, not many though, I think 3 1983's and 2 1984's. I have 5 1985's (not 3) and a 1993. I have also found 3 or 4 1988 20c pieces, a 1989 and a 1991. All very hard to find as you would expect!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I have lots of 1971 20¢ -and 72, '73, '97 50¢- in good condition. The dilemma is what to do with them.  Plenty of these are always on offer on ebay at any time. If anyone has 20¢ or 50¢ spare commemoratives for sale, I am happy to pay for them with these coins (or very good examples of more common years). Jeff |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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b_j_w_79, You must be in an area where a lot of NCLT coins end up in circulation.
Apart from ones I have in Mint sets, I've never seen any 83 - 93 20¢ in circulation, so I'd say you've done very well to get the ones you've listed.
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