1972 5c Collectors?

Yass in the real world there are very few pre 1980 5c in tills at shops
Banks may have bags of coins but I cannot get to them because of my job.

Perhaps you should learn something about the relationship between banks and 'shops'. Where do you think small business get their change from? Posters to this topic have already proven that pre-1980s are very avaialable. You only need to look.



Even the evidence from other posters in this thread doesn't seem to make you see the complete fallacy of your nonsequiturs.



Again entirely irrelevant. The discussion was about the availability of pre-1980 coins, including 1972s, in circulation. No point in attacking my occupation. I simply state what the facts are and leave it to others to determine the value of my information. Oh, incidentally, I work 99 hours per week, every week. And have done so for the last 4 years. I takes a huge effort for me to keep current in my hobby.



P.S the word is Position not Rotation.

This and many other 'associated' comments are just ridiculous.

If you search coins, that is make an effort, you can find pre 1980 5c coins. I don't have a "cushy public servise job" although I have worked in a public service in the past and it was far from cushy. I work full time and have made relationships with the local banks to swap/pick up coins during my lunch break. I search through them if/when I get time after my young family go to bed. I do it because I enjoy it and therefore it is not a waste of time.

Like others have said, banks provide the change for many businesses either directly over the counter, or indirectly through security companies who bag and deliver coin including that returned from banks.

By the way, I searched another $100 5c pieces searched yesterday;

1966 x 11, 1967 x 12, 1968 x 9, 1969 x 5, 1970 x 5, 1971 x 15, 1972 x 4, 1973 x 12, 1974 x 9, 1975 x 12, 1976 x 23, 1977 x 29, 1978 x 4, 1979 x 18, 1980 x 18. Total 173 coins out of 2000 (8.65%) pre 1980 or 191 coins out of 2000 (9.55%) including 1980.

A much better return of 1972 5c this time

In the real world pre 1980 5c are rarely found
Somehow I hit a nerve as a taxpayer

Darwin forecast today: H 30° L 24° Thunderstorms
currently 25.5° at 1.45pm
time to start scraping mould off everything ...

Must be nice to have a 'cushy' job that enables you to take time off to go roll searching. Hope it wasn't the 'Great Australian Sickie', being Monday and all. I'd hate to think of what us non-taxpaying public servants in the un-real world would think if it was.

On a serious note. Sorry to hear about the lack of pre-1980s in your search. It must have sowed the seed of doubt in your mind as to whether roll searching 5 cent pieces is a complete waste of time. Unfortunately, it happens sometimes. I got $100 from the NAB a few weeks ago and didn't find one! Oh wait, they were all new 2009 rolls, so I suppose they don't count. LOL

Let's put things into perspective. There are 786 million pre-1980 in circulation. Post 1980 there were 3,125,712 million minted. That's about 1 in 4. That does not mean that there are no pre-1980 in circulation. It simply means that statistically you have a 1 in 4 chance of having one in your change.