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Valued Member
Australia
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Tis Amazing how 50c seem to wear so fast, especially the rims! I'm guessing its all those corners clashing together,....................... I'm guessing all those vending machines......  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
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Hmm.... are they starting to come out now? They seem to be more frequent I reckon.... I still only found one, but some members have made a bit of leway.... Maybe RAM decided to release millions?  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Got my first 3 2007 50 cent today in Brisbane from change. 2 not too bad, a few marks, but 1 near perfect. Joy at last  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1014 Posts |
No joy I reckon.... They are more frequent nowadays... Just hope its not a repeat of 2006's..  |
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Valued Member
Australia
206 Posts |
Way to burst my bubble justa . First ones I've found so   . You're probably right though second half of the financial year is when we see the bigger numbers hit circulation, most of the time. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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So maybe we should offload them to ebay asap...  And sorry for bursting your bubble... I had to... Couldn't just let other people take my glory... |
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Valued Member
Australia
206 Posts |
 Not my cuppa tea, I'm way too honest to make a dollar based on hype  . |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1014 Posts |
And I'm too young to try and think of selling things... Study study study... |
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Valued Member
Australia
206 Posts |
We'll just leave it to the scammers on ebay that describe them as rare or scarce. Have seen a few claims to the effect already, and it's not even the end of the financial year yet  Good luck with your studies, certainly pays off in the long run. You may be young, but at least you are educating yourself, coinwise as well. Will save you big $$$$ in the long run . |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Even so, I would like the bank to do with 50˘ what they just did to me with 20˘ -2 x $200 bags of 2007 Armaguard rolls.  I would stick them on ebay ASAP and watch with interest to see what they fetch. cheers Jeff |
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Australia
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Thx Farnby...!! Jeff, I don't think 2007 rolls sell well at all on ebay... I don't think they get bids... Or do they? |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Very nice of the bank to do that for you Jeff. If they did do it with the 50 cents for you, I would buy a roll or 2 on ebay from you. ... as long as they are not listed with the scarce or rare claims  . |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I do sometimes use "scarce" in a listing but only for hardest to find coins. Unfortunately, a lot of people abuse the term but potential buyers seems to be attracted by it. I would not describe 2007 50˘ that way -we don't yet know what final mintage is- but security rolls probably are very thin on the ground, I suspect.
Any suggestions for key words in a listing title that might attract interest without being misleading (or donright inaccurate)?
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Valued Member
Australia
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Sure, "Hard to get", or "not seen often" usually is best to describe items that are not quite scarce or rare, but are not exactly common either.
lower mintage for coins that, compared to others in the series, have a low mintage, but in the greater scheme of things, not really scarce or rare.
If a coin or item is genuinely rare or scarce, I have no problems using those terms.
I also find it acceptable to use "scarcer" for the lowest 2 minted coins in a particular series, even if not entirely correct. Others would frown on that, but some leeway could be granted there.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Maybe, taking 50˘ as an example; SCARCE -1985, 1993 and rams head HARD TO FIND -1973, 1997 and first fleet bicentenary.  Any other opinions on this semantic matter? Jeff American Heritage Dictionary -(skârs) adj. scarcer, scarcest Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply: Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought. Hard to find; absent or rare: Steel pennies are scarce now except in coin shops. scarce adjective not easy to find or obtain: Food and clean water were becoming scarce. (from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) be as scarce as hen's teeth American & Australian to be very difficult or impossible to find It was the President's inauguration and hotel rooms in Washington were as scarce as hen's teeth. (from Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms) But this dictionary does not have 'as rare as rocking horse...! |
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