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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Thanks for the welcome Basil, much appreciated.
Nice to know that the cpoin is still worth something.
The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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03/19/2022 08:09 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
857 Posts |
A good advertisement for why NCLT coins should not be removed from their original packaging: 2015 WWI 20 cent coin.  In it's original card  I understand why some people would want to remove the coin from this particular packaging: Poorly designed card that doesn't let you see the obverse.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Aargh!
How does a coin get that stained. Not too worried about package, its only the Queen you are missing out on and we have all seen more than enough of her on our coins.
Fair Dinkum!
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United States
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A good advertisement for why NCLT coins should not be removed from their original packaging: Yikes! 
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Pillar of the Community
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Out of interest, I thought what would be the criteria for an Australian/NZ coin to be in this thread as most coins here can not be our own.
This is what I came up with.
Definitely allowed
1. All New Zealand and Australian coins ever minted including NCLT and Bullion ones. This includes British and Australian gold coins minted in Australia and all Tradesmens tokens of both countries, regardless of where they were minted, if they are marked with the name and/or address of a Tradesman in Australia or New Zealand it counts. PC people - there were no 19th century tokens marked with a Woman's name so I am not being sexist.
2. British coins issued between 1770 and 1934. I chose these dates as the frontier period of settlement in both nations used British coins. Generally none before 1770 as these were coins that came out with the first fleet and none after 1934 when New Zealand made its own coinage the sole legal one from March 1935 onwards.
NZ coins were released between Nov 1933 and Mar 1934, but there was a 2 year bedding in period and toleration existed until March 1935, when imperial coin was outlawed except Bronze.
3. Bronze British coins are accepted until 1967, as NZ only got bronze coins in 1939 and the war stopped the recall and delegalisation of British bronze. Many of my acquaintances tell me of Britannia pennies dated 1938 and earlier found in their change a lot in the 1960s.
Kind of Allowed
American, Mexican and Hispanic/Latino coins issued between 1770 and 1898 - NZ banned all foreign coin except Imperial British coinage in 1898, although it was not really tolerated after 1887. Chilean and Mexican dollars were used by merchants and Blackbirders in the mid/late 19th century.
Proclaimation coins - early 19th century proclaimations in New South Wales and NZ allowed all the following - Portuguese Johannas (Gold coins), Indian Fanams and Pagodas, Mexican, USA and Spanish dollars, Dutch East Indian company coins, Brazilian reis, Mughal and Indian Rupees, Ducats etc. Again such coins would be quite rare but really none before 1770 and none after about 1850.
American USA coins 1793 to around 1855.
Not allowed
Pre 1770 and post 1934 British silver and gold coins
Post 1940 British Bronze coins
Any coins of any other country.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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In my experience, the ACT Centenary of Federation coin is by far the hardest of the state 50 cents to find, so I wasn't impressed when I discovered this horrible example.  |
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Australia
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so I wasn't impressed when I discovered this horrible example. Oh dear...sad
The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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06/14/2022 08:12 am
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United States
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In my experience, the ACT Centenary of Federation coin is by far the hardest of the state 50 cents to find, so I wasn't impressed when I discovered this horrible example. Yikes!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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those are some very ugly coins. Shame people don't know how to care for (or just care) about coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Not too worried about package, its only the Queen you are missing out on and we have all seen more than enough of her on our coins.
I'd rather a century of QEII on coinage than a day of KCIII on coinage. 
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I don't understand how this newly-released 2020 MOR dollar coin (mintage 429K) could be in such terrible condition already.  Every other one I've found has been almost pristine.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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No doubt the same question could be asked for this 2020 NZ 10 cent coin, just as nasty and the only one I have seen to date.   A brand new coin and yet already verdigris and its only copper plated!! I mean I am pulling out fully lustrous 2014 and 2015 10 cent pieces still, this coin is worse than your average 2000s one! |
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Australia
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Both of those last 2 coins are nasty.
I wonder if they have had some chemical spilt on them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So now I'm curious, do Australia and New Zeeland get their raw planchets from the same source?
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Pillar of the Community
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Australia make their own at Canberra Ours are made in Canada at Royal Canadian Mint Ottawa for the 10c, 20c, and 50c all copper or nickle plated steel Our $1 and $2 coins are aluminium bronze like Australia, but are manufactured at Llantrisant, Wales. Our tiny tinpot country can't make anything by itself! |
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