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Valued Member
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Are they private companies working for Astralian goverment? Are coins minted by thme are legal tender? Thanks!
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Do you Mean "RAM" Royal Austarlian Mint- I believe that's what it is, The " RCM" is The Royal Canadian Mint. And Perth , Brisbane etc are names of the mints Like we have in the US SanFransisco, Denver, Philly. At least I do Believe that the Info is right, Maybe some of our Aussie brothers and sisters will be able to answer you better |
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Australia
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[quote] Originally posted by monsterHi there. The Royal Australian mint is located in Canberra, Australia's capital city. The Perth is in Western Australia and it is, to my knowledge, Australia's oldest mint. It was first set up for gold. Hope that helps.  |
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Essentially there was 3 early mints...all branches of The Royal Mint in London. The were Sydney (our first), Melbourne and Perth. Perth Mint was later sold and in now a privately operated mint owned by Goldcorp. Goldcorp is a company fully owned by the Western Australian government. The RAM is the Federal Government mint who takes direction directly from treasury and in overlooked by the Treasurers portfolio. |
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Are Peth coins legal tender? I saw Peth sell gold and silver ullions.
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Thanks Bigfella for backing me up on that . I do not know why I Said Brisbane
(Darn Yanks)LOL!!!
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Originally posted by monster
Are Peth coins legal tender? I saw Peth sell gold and silver ullions.
Yes - their coins are legal tender. You won't find any Perth coins in circulation, though - the last made-for-circulation coins from there were the 1¢ and 2¢ coins, which have now been withdrawn. As to " RCM", I assume monster may have seen a reference to the RCM making Australian coins. Indeed, the Canadians did step in to produce some Australian circulating coinage - in the early 1980's when the RAM workers went on strike. Folks like forum member Brissyboy have closely studied the coinage of 1981 to try to find indentifying features of the products of the three mints that year (RAM, RCM and Royal Mint) because no "official" mintmarks or privy marks were used to distinguish them. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Okay good info Thats like some of the coinage of the 2940's that America made for Austrailia but with Privy marks ex.(D for Denver)
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Australia
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Hi guys, To complicate things the RAM produces a mintmark series of dollar coins each year for collectors and has also used mintmarks (actually privy) on some $5 coin issues too. The dollar mintmarks thus far used are: C - Canberra 1993 ->) S - Sydney (1993 ->) B - Brisbane (1995 ->) M - Melbourne (1993 ->) A - Adelaide (1996 - 1999) E - Eureka 1854-2004 (Eureka Stockade, Ballarat 2004) G - Gallipoli 1915-2005 (Australia War Memorial, Canberra 2005) TV - Television 1956-2006 (RAM, Canberra 2006) A - ANDA Show or Australia (Silver proof - RAM 2006) As you can see the last four represent events. As for the $5 coins H - Hobart (2004) GZ - Groot Zuydtlandt 1606-2006 (RAM, Canberra 2006) Most coins are minted at the RAM in Canberra hoever a small number for certain marks and years have been struck on a portable press taken to a show or event in the respective city or facility. The Perth Mint also uses the P mintmark on silver proof coins and for a while RAM were using C on similar issues most notably the joint issed 2000 Olympic $5 silver proof. Wayne |
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Yes, the Perth Mint coins are Legal tender. Non-Circulating Legal tender and Bullion coins made for collectors and investors. ScoutJim...There are "B" mintmark dollar and they do stand for Brisbane, for coins made on a portable coin press at an annual coin show here. The coins are made in Camberra without a mintmark and then at the show the mintmark is added. But since there is a larger demand than are produced at the show, more of the "B" mint marks are produced in Camberra for collectors. You can tell the difference between the portable press and camberra press coins by carefully examining the Mintmark letter. The Camberra coins are minted all in one go and the mint mark letter are sharper than the portable pressed coin. The "mintmark" dollar coins are sold for about three dollars to collectors and usually rise in price quickly. Edited by toast
12/15/2006 09:16 am
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Thats right toast, thank you I knew I said that for a reason I know own one ..
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Posted 12/13/2006 5:02 pm
