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Princetane
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 Posted 11/15/2022 12:38 am
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1935 was a fascinating year in Australia too. Its rarest florin came out (Non circulation one), but this coin was not the standard florin.
It was this Victoria/Melbourne centenary coin - although dated 1934/35, it was released in Feb/Mar 1935 making it a 1935 coin in my book.
 
The design featured a rider on horseback with streamers flying. The coin had 75k minted and was sold at 3/- each (a 50%) mark up and even distributed through department stores. Being the late depression, it was a colossal flop and of the 75k minted, 21k were melted back down, leaving just 54,000. The coins today are scarce and my one in gEF condition is about average as most of them were souvenired. Figure $500+ for this coin.
The coin was also the only Australian one to have the Kruger Grey portrait of KGV, this appeared on the NZ, Fiji, Mauritius, Seychelles coins and Canadian $1 coins of 1935 and 1936.
A nice shilling (VF) and average 3d and Penny.
 
A worn 1935 Standard Florin, that I got for helping my stamp club assess some coin lots for their auction (I ended up buying most of them ).
I don't have the 6d or halfpenny. |
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| Yet Another Forum Game - Numismatic Go Fish!
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Princetane
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Posted 11/14/2022 11:15 pm
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I made a mistake by one point.
But I am generally sick of you and your constant bullying and cadging of me, so I am disqualifying you and banning you from my competitions. My competition - my rules.
I just had a tooth out today, so in no mood for games and pedantry.
Game over!
Triggersmob wins
BD251 - 1 point (Should have said go fish)
J1M and J BUck 2 points each
Dorado - 0 points for being a general nuisance.
And Dorado is BANNED from all my further contests. I would also prefer if he never interacts with me again. |
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| Yet Another Forum Game - Numismatic Go Fish!
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Princetane
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Posted 11/13/2022 9:31 pm
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Nope you have 3 points.
You can only get a maximum of 3 points per type - but I assume being a coin collecting site, people should know that.
Standings
Triggersmob - 17 points
BD251 - 1 point
Dorado - 3 points |
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| An Introduction To New Zealand Decimal Coins 1967 - 2020
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Princetane
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Posted 11/13/2022 03:42 am
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Yes all Proof $1 coins from 1977 onwards and $5 from 1991 onwards are Sterling silver (But not the 1990 $5 Anzac coin). Also the Proof $1 of the 1974 Games coin is silver too.
However the "Uncirculated" grade are NOT silver, but Cupronickel. These came in plastic square cases, plastic sets and later cardboard sets and holders. Same with the Polished Specimen coins of 1965, 1967 to 1976 and all Proof coins 1c to 50c up to 1990 (Except the 150th anniversary proof set of 1990) and Proof set coins 5c to $2 from 1991 are also not Silver. |
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