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did the mint just update old dies?
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did the mint just update old dies? I think it is just the way the coin was designed for that year so that the numbers in the date fitted within certain parameters on the coin  |
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....as promised, here is a "show and tell" of my 1 dollar "not for circulation" coins. I have enlarged the "mintmark" location on particular coins. Actually, once the coins are in their protective jackets it is quite a challenge to photograph these collectively. The reflections from the clear plastic/mylar covering made this very difficult. Therefore I resorted to scanning the coins mounted on the page using my printer, hence the rather dark appearance of the below images. Interestingly, after some years of noodling I have found all these 1 dollar "not for circulation" coins. However, I have found relatively few "not for circulation" 50 cent coins. This is in spite of the fact that I have been looking at approximately equal amounts of each over this time. Inspection of my McDonald "Coins and Banknotes" indicates that quite a number of these 50 cent "not for circulation" coins have been produced. I wonder why the difference? Squire    |
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...look what the ATM machine in the Melbourne CBD gave me yesterday  The note has a few light creases which is no surprise as I believe it "rolled off the press" in 2010. Is it true to say that this is the 500th 50 dollar note printed that year? How much would it be worth? Squire  Edited by Squire Wilson
03/11/2017 10:02 pm
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...thanks Hercules
I was not aware that the Royal Australian Mint produce banknotes starting with 999 999 and in decreasing order.
So my banknote is the 500th from the end of the AA series for 2010
Squire.
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10,000,500th from the end?  |
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So my banknote is the 500th from the end of the AA series for 2010 Yes, but keep in mind that the old paper notes begin at 000 001 and go up to 1 000 000, whereas the new polymer notes begin at 0 000 001 and go up to 9 999 999. |
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Came across these coins while noodling the till last week!   New Zealand 2009 50 cent, Vanuatu 2015 20 vatu, Denmark 2010 20 kroner. New Zealand 1967 20 cent, Great Britain 1967 2 Shillings, Australia 2016 20 cent (Korean War commemorative coin). |
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Hello friends. It's been ages since my last post, it's been a tough 12 months or so, but I'm back into the noodling. Here are some of my noodling finds.  I finally found my first 2015 5c coin a few weeks back in the petty cash tin at work, I'm amazed it's taken so long to find one. I've also had a few unusual 20c coins come my way in the last few months, including a rotated small head 2004 (I've tried to show it at the angle of rotation relative to the reverse in the photo), plus a couple of the military themed 20c coins. I received a 2017 50c coin in change from an Aldi store in Perth around 2 months ago. I don't even have many 2016 dated coins yet! Also, in response to Squire Wilson's post showing an excellent collection, I thought I would share my own solitary NCLT $1 find - a Waltzing Matilda dollar with a bad case of road rash! I guess I just need to keep looking..! Lastly, I also obtained this nice 1988 Bicentennial $10 - the first of the polymer notes - from a colleague for face value.   |
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My latest 'noodling' find    , and sooo difficult to get my hands on amongst the loose change here in Melbourne  . Anyway, my set is now complete and connected by a "silver halo" - see attached image below  . Squire  |
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Congratulations, Squire.  I'm still trying to noodle the Changeover 20c and $1, but I finally found my first Changeover 5c just before Easter. |
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thanks Hercules  I have been really surprised at the scarcity of this 2016 1 dollar "50 years of Decimal Currency" coin in central Melbourne where I live. I have been noodling coins on a regular basis. I have cound HEAPS of shiny new MOR 2016 coins, LOTS of ANZAC 2016 commemorative coins. Is the 2016 1 dollar "50 years of Decimal Currency": A - minted in very small amounts only  B - distributed to all the other Australian Capital Cities except Melbourne ? C - hoarded by greedy folk  who do not believe in "a fair go for all noodlers"  ? Squire Edited by Squire Wilson
04/25/2017 12:18 am
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Squire, all we know at this stage is what's printed in last year's annual report, which gives us a minimum mintage of 359,000 for the Changeover $1. I am yet to hear of these coins being released anywhere in large quantities. What you're getting in Melbourne is what people are getting right around the country, except that it's worse in Brisbane because no one has ever reported finding one up here. The vast majority of the 2016 dollars up here are the standard MoR design, with a small number of ANZAC coins thrown in for fun. Even the Changeover 20c has been sporadically found in Brisbane, despite most of them being sent to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Conversely, the Changeover $1 has only ever turned up in NSW and Victoria, so you're doing well to have even found one at all. |
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Here are last week's till finds!  I haven't come across many 2016 $2 fifty years of decimal currency coins lately so I was surprised to come across two in the one week ... same with the two 2016 $2 Olympic coins. The standout though for me was the 2000 $1 XXVII Olympiad coin. This is the first one I've come across in general circulation! |
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