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 Posted 01/22/2006  02:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thesandpit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Lim.
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quote:
Originally posted by thesandpit

Thanks Lim.




Just an update...no luck whatsoever from Angus & Robertson. Will have to look elsewhere....
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 Posted 01/27/2006  9:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rggoodie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I recently bought a copy from Australia
contact is
The Pegasus Book Orphanage
http://www.bookorphanage.com
specialises in preloved books on health, metaphysics and creativity.
Phone: (613) 59 862 812
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 Posted 01/27/2006  9:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lim118 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks RG....will give them a try...
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 Posted 01/27/2006  11:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add grendelfreak to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If you look up coins.ebay.com.au they have a few 1930 forgeries floatig about and yet they are not cheap as chips, one I saw was going for $1000.
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 Posted 01/28/2006  12:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lim118 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WOW !!! The most I have seen it go for on ebay was $818.00...this 1K forgery would be a new record.
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 Posted 01/28/2006  12:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KLD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
1k ?

Why not pay the extra for the real thing.

i remember when a good fake would cost you about $200.
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 Posted 01/28/2006  8:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cruzi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
quote:
Why not pay the extra for the real thing.



Because you don't have the extra $19K to buy one?
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 Posted 01/28/2006  8:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KLD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Whats 19k between friends?
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 Posted 01/29/2006  06:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add grendelfreak to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I imagine that if anyone here had a real one they would be constantly stroking the coins side and muttering under their breath "my preciousss)

:P
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 Posted 01/29/2006  08:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add toast to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This gives new meaning to the term "Mint your own" that the Royal Australian Mint uses in promoting the portable press Mint Mark dollars.
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quote:
Originally posted by grendelfreak

I imagine that if anyone here had a real one they would be constantly stroking the coins side and muttering under their breath "my preciousss)

:P



Even with a small group of 40 members from Downunder, it would not surprise me at all, if someone do own one.
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 Posted 01/29/2006  7:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add grendelfreak to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
is that a subtle hint Lim?
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quote:
Originally posted by grendelfreak

is that a subtle hint Lim?



Nah, I am just your normal humble hobbyist with a collection that can only, at the very best, be looked upon as ordinary.
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 Posted 01/30/2006  7:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cruzi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If it makes you happy no collection is "ordinary".
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