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The Hunt Of 23 - My Attempt To Find Every Australian Circulation Coin .

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 Posted 09/08/2023  9:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OzCollection to your friends list
WEEK 35
(27/08/23 - 02/09/23)

A big thank you to MachinMachinMan who managed to send a big pile of Commonwealth/British Empire coins to me:

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 Posted 09/08/2023  10:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MachinMachinMan to your friends list
You're welcome OzCollection. Good to see they are appreciated at their new home.
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 Posted 09/11/2023  09:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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A big thank you to MachinMachinMan who managed to send a big pile of Commonwealth/British Empire coins to me:
Outstanding!

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You're welcome OzCollection. Good to see they are appreciated at their new home.
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 Posted 09/19/2023  05:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OzCollection to your friends list
WEEK 36-37
(04/09/23 - 17/09/23)

Been really busy recently so I haven't had time to do weekly posts.

But at least now I have some time to show what I've gotten.

Firstly, foreign wise, I found a Kiwi 20 cent during a $100 noodle of 20 cent pieces (you do NOT know how painfully boring that noodle can get sometimes). I also got a small bag of foreign coins (both not shown) which included a 50 lira coin from Italy and a George VI British shilling.

Then Australian wise, I bought the Aussie Big Things dollar coin set from Australia Post:

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And I also got the 2015 $2 Red Anzac coin, which means that this hunt is about 90 percent complete!

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Stats:
Coins still to find: 6
1985 50 cent
2019 F $1
2021 X $1
2013 $2 Coronation
2018 $2 Armistice
2023 $2 Red and Black Vegemite
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09/19/2023 05:02 am
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 Posted 09/19/2023  07:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MachinMachinMan to your friends list

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And I also got the 2015 $2 Red Anzac coin


Got as in noodled ?

That coin is notoriously hard to find.
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 Posted 09/27/2023  11:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OzCollection to your friends list
WEEK 38
(18/09/23 - 24/09/23)

This week's noodle of $100 of 5 cents yielded seven foreign coins, including a Malaysian 10 sen which I found on the end of a roll:

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I also found a bunch of 80s coins which are absolute stunners and I naturally had to upgrade. Why is it always the five cents that have really high quality 1960s-1980s years?

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This week's noodle of $100 of 5 cents yielded seven foreign coins, including a Malaysian 10 sen which I found on the end of a roll... I also found a bunch of 80s coins which are absolute stunners and I naturally had to upgrade.
Nice finds!
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 Posted 10/24/2023  04:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OzCollection to your friends list
THE MONTH OF OCTOBER (Weeks 39-42)

No, I'm not dead!

Pure laziness is the reason I haven't posted any updates here for some time.

Anyway, here's what I've bought this month.

First of all, a few trips to the coin shops yielded a lot of foreign coins, including the new countries of Morocco, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malawi, Tanzania, Guatemala, the East India Company, Argentina, Bulgaria and Costa Rica!

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I also managed to visit the ANDA coin show in Sydney, and bought a lot of things.

For foreign coins, I got my first coins from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Rhodesia and Nysaland, Sudan, Southern Rhodesia, Denmark, Guyana, and Monaco.

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And last but not least, the Australian coins!

I managed to upgrade my 2019 JC 5 cent and my 2001 ACT Centenary. I also bought the letter X $1 coin from 2021, and the 2018 Armistice and 2023 Black Vegemite $2 coins!

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According to my calculations, my Hunt is about 99.5% complete. Only 2 more coins to get, and one of them I'll be getting (hopefully) soon for $25. Try and guess what it is!

Stats:
Coins still to find: 2 (475/477)

1985 50 cent
2013 Coronation 2 dollar
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No, I'm not dead!


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Pure laziness is the reason I haven't posted any updates here for some time.


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Anyway, here's what I've bought this month...
Looking good!

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According to my calculations, my Hunt is about 99.5% complete.
Fantastic!

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Only 2 more coins to get, and one of them I'll be getting (hopefully) soon for $25. Try and guess what it is!
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 Posted 11/10/2023  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OzCollection to your friends list
WEEK 44
(05/11/23 - 11/11/23)

Yesterday I received a parcel from MachinMachinMan containing thelast two coins I need to complete my collection of Australian circulation coins, a 2013 $2 purple coronation and a 1985 50c!

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Therefore, I hereby declare The Hunt of 23 COMPLETE!

Thank you to DG and MMM for giving me inspiration for this goal. And MMM, your New Zealand goods will be in the mail soon!

Thank you to Jbuck for your constant messages of support and enthusiasm throughout this hunt.

I'll probably revive this thread every time a new collectable coin hits the market, but I'll just let this achievement sink in for a bit. I know about the Matildas and Dinosaur coins, but I didn't list them on my checklist cuz I wasn't bothered.

Now the fun begins of upgrading, collecting 1 and 2 cents, and the NCLTs!

Stats:
5 cents: Completed before hunt
10 cents: Completed before hunt
20 cents: Completed before hunt
50 cents: 69/69
1 dollar: 131/131
2 dollars: 94/94

Total: 477/477
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Yesterday I received a parcel from MachinMachinMan containing thelast two coins I need to complete my collection of Australian circulation coins, a 2013 $2 purple coronation and a 1985 50c! ... Therefore, I hereby declare The Hunt of 23 COMPLETE!
Congratulations!


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Thank you to Jbuck for your constant messages of support and enthusiasm throughout this hunt.
My pleasure!


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Now the fun begins of upgrading, collecting 1 and 2 cents, and the NCLTs!
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 Posted 11/17/2023  07:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MachinMachinMan to your friends list
Well done OzCollection. Next goal is to assemble a 2nd set


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MMM, your New Zealand goods will be in the mail soon!


Thanks. Hopefully Australia Post will get their act together soon.

"This parcel was incorrectly sorted and arrived at the wrong processing facility.

It's now heading in the right direction, but there may be a slight delay. Sorry about that
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 Posted 12/31/2023  12:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add crab eater to your friends list

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OzCollection

yes, the RAM didn't issue any 20c platypus coins into circulation from 1983 to 1993 PLUS the 1995.

Sorry sqaremealroundplate but the RAM website disagrees with you.
https://www.ramint.gov.au/twenty-cents
None were made for circulation in '86,87 ,89,90,91,92 and 93.
83'84,85 and 88 have seen coins produced for circulation, unless this is another mistake by the RAM.
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12/31/2023 02:28 am
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 Posted 12/31/2023  01:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add triggersmob to your friends list
That is indeed an error. I have Playtpus 20c coins for all years 1966 - 2022, except 2003.
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