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Picked up 3 1/2oz "sold out" Black Cockatoos mailed for $6 each cheaper than the mint price without there mailing cost Just be careful with "sold outs" as this doesn't mean that there was a low mintage. These coins can still become just bullion priced coins +10%. Stick to the limited mintage stuff if this is the category of coins that you would like to collect (unless you buy others at bullion value). |
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 Australia
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Thank you coinsaus. By looking at the history of the Perth Mint silver coloured coins they seem to be a very recent items in the amount of issues and the amount of coins released per year. 1. World Money Fair â€" Berlin Coin Show Special â€" Australian Kangaroo 2014 1oz Silver Coloured Coin with a 2,000 mintage at $74 each at the mint was a great looking coin & price so I got 2 of them. 2.Birds of Australia - Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 2013 1/2oz Silver Proof Coin with a mintage of 10,000 sold out at $63.50 each at the mint. I got 3 for $57 each mailed. But I am not going to get any more of this release. I am not going to collect this issue. It was a learning curve! I will wait a while & sell them in our ebay store. 3. Australian Map Shaped Coin Series - Kookaburra 2012 1oz Silver Coin & Emu 2012 1oz & Kangaroo 2013 1oz & Platypus 2013 1oz all with a mintage of 6,000 seems to be a good set for me to have. And all the releases mentioned are sold out. 4. Doctor Who Monsters â€" Daleks 2014 1/2oz Silver Proof Coin with a mintage of 5,000 looks to be another great set to collect. 5. Australian Posters of World War I â€" Enlistment 2014 1oz Silver Proof Rectangle Coin with a mintage of 5,000 is a set I will be collecting.It is nice as the other releases are 12 months apart. 6.Australia's Remarkable Reptiles - Frilled Neck Lizard 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coin with a mintage of 5,000 is another set I will be collecting. It has been a great deal of fun putting this collecting list together & the best part is the sale of stamps is funding the coin buys! |
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Australia
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The Australia Map Shaped Series 1oz Silver mintage 6,000 per coin. In Australian Dollars. The 2013 Australia Map Platypus 1oz Silver. Sold Out at Mint. Still can buy mailed cheaper than coin cost at mint. The 2013 Australia Map Kangaroo 1oz Silver. Sold Out at Mint. Still can buy mailed cheaper than coin cost at mint. The 2012 Australia Map Emu 1oz Silver. Sold Out at Mint. Cheapest I can find is a buy mailed at $10 more expensive than mint cost mailed. The 2012 Australia Map Kookaburra 1oz Silver. Sold Out at Mint.Cheapest I can find is a buy mailed at $80 more expensive than mint cost mailed. |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Quote:By looking at the history of the Perth Mint silver coloured coins they seem to be a very recent items in the amount of issues and the amount of coins released per year. I'm glad you're enjoying your pursuit of these colourized coins. I wish you the best! Just FYI, the Perth Mint has been producing coins with colour graphics since at least the year 2000, and maybe even earlier. There weren't as many annual issues back then, but it might take some time to track them all down. If you don't already have one, I'd suggest picking up a copy of an Australian coin guide book so that you know exactly what's out there. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Australia
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Hi commems. Thank you for the very kind words! Quote:
I'm glad you're enjoying your pursuit of these colourized coins. I wish you the best! I have a plastic tub with a heap of catalogues and two if I remember rightly are on Australia coins and last years issues but trying to find which tub it is in.......It is in my work area somewhere! Quote:
I'd suggest picking up a copy of an Australian coin guide book so that you know exactly what's out there. The costs found in identification catalogues are all over the place I have found. They are a much needed guide but there pricing in a lot of cases does not reflect the true costs of coins in the wider market area. I have found that it is best for us to become our own cost catalogues in the areas we like to collect or deal with. It troubles me greatly when people will argue that the price on this or that coin is a rip off because it is priced 3x above catalogue price or that coin is a bargain because it is half catalogue price. I really enjoy looking at ebay prices and bricks and mortar auction outcomes. A catalogue can not adjust to ebbs and flows of current coin prices like we can as a living catalogue. To me this topic is a great and very interesting part of collecting. |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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@kg5: I agree that guide books are not the best place to determine current pricing - it's an impossible task in today's marketplace to keep a print book up-to-date. They do have their place, however. They provide a full list of what coins were available at the time of their publication, and generally include the pertinent "facts and figures" about them. That's the reason I suggest collectors pick a copy up.
All the best with your collection!
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Australia
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I've never been a fan of all that mass produced mint rubbish. I'm pretty traditional, so I don't like colourised circulation coins either - although I do like the design for the new Australian $2 coin.
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United States
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@enoilgam: Why call what someone else collects "rubbish"? It's fine if you don't wish to collect something, but no one deserves to have what they collect called "rubbish."
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Valued Member
Australia
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The image is not best that has been posted on CCF but it is of the coins that I like the best in my collection. To me they are far from being rubbish. It is sad when people directly tear down others to make themselves feel superior or to justify their bigotry. I really like these coins. It has taken me a long time to find a collecting niche. And because it is such a relatively new coin collecting area it is even more attractive to me. These issue from recent time from the Perth Mint are going to be very hard to get in the not to distant future. Very Happy Collecting Whatever You Collect. My beautiful coins still in their capsules as I do not want any finger prints on them. :) The Australia Map Shaped Series 1oz Silver mintage 6,000 per coin. 2012 to 2013  Edited by kg5
03/07/2014 8:32 pm
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Australia
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This is another favorite issue. One that is going to be very popular into the future. Has not made it to the best 5 seller of the week as yet. Australia's Remarkable Reptiles - Frilled Neck Lizard 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coin. Perth Mint. Mintage of 5,000  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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This was a very popular coin it sold out very quickly. A very nice image of a Kangaroo. Far better than most. Berlin Coin Show Special Australian Kangaroo 2014 1oz Silver Coloured Coin at The Perth Mint. Mintage of 2,000.  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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I have tried different DPI scanning from 300 to 800 and edited through photobucket to get the image to a loading size to suit the forum but can not get the clearness from a scanner I am use to.
The out of focus images are because the coins are still in their plastic capsules I am thinking.
Better to have a scanned image than none at all.
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Australia
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@enoilgam: Why call what someone else collects "rubbish"? It's fine if you don't wish to collect something, but no one deserves to have what they collect called "rubbish." Maybe rubbish isn't the right word - I'm just not a fan of the mass produced stuff in general. I don't mind commemorative coins, but they're just overproduced these days and I feel that it has undermined their collector value. |
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Australia
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My adult children spoil me over the Christmas period which also includes my birthday. Nice to have 5 children!
They always send me something to spend on my hobby. Which I treat with great respect.
Missed with a couple of auctions which I am very thankful for now.
I was able to tell them all with images what they got me this year. Interestingly there was a lot of support about this new area of coloured coin collecting.
Nice way to start a new collecting area.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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I have tried different DPI scanning from 300 to 800 and edited through photobucket to get the image to a loading size to suit the forum but can not get the clearness from a scanner I am use to. Try scanning at 600 dpi and then use the CCF Image Optimizer to compress the image rather than using some other tool. The CCF Optimizer does a nice job compressing the images to the required size for display here. I speak from experience as all of the images I have posted here on CCF have been scanned via a flatbed scanner. Here's an example: https://goccf.com/t/171785Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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