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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1005 Posts |
Got a nice one of these in change today!
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Valued Member
Australia
490 Posts |
I am sure you are referring to the condition of the coin as sadly 'nice' would be a stretch to describe the design...
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Edited by steve - Oz 50c man
10/13/2011 03:00 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
I scored my first one from circulation about 3 weeks ago.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
518 Posts |
I have scored atleast 10.
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
1005 Posts |
Yes Steve,
I was referring to the condition of the coin.
Looking at the coin earlier I thought that the design was not so great.
It looked like reflections off some surfaces make parts of the design appear like a photo negative while other parts stay normal.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1005 Posts |
Unless I go looking for coins I do not tend to handle that many.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
518 Posts |
Just a habit to keep them :)
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Valued Member
Australia
278 Posts |
Well done on finding one in good condition!
they seem to damage really easy.
Yeah I have got a few now.
Keeping my cut of at around 10 now.
always swapping for better condition ones.
Keep up the good work!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
518 Posts |
Gecko are you in Melbourne? I seem to be finding them quite abit here.
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New Member
Australia
14 Posts |
I'm in country Victoria, and they are everywhere here.
And ugly.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
518 Posts |
Yes Grant will have to agree with that :) The teeth look rotted. And also welcome to CCF :)
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Valued Member
Australia
465 Posts |
another year and they will reach Tasmania :-) I bought a UNC one from the local coin shop at $2. Don't normally do that but I got paid some overtime ;-)
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Valued Member
Australia
278 Posts |
aarong, Yes I am in Melbourne and I am finding them alot.
Just keeping really good ones now and putting the rest back for others to find.
oh and if you are still after a TAS 2001 50c coin I have a spare one once we get the post count up!
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Pillar of the Community
1028 Posts |
I'm in the US and don't collect this or any other Australian coins, but I just wanted to comment on this piece.
I've seen the design of this coin and Kate looks horrendous. She's extremely beautiful in person, but they made her look homely to say the least. William doesn't look much better. I can't imagine anyone asked them if they approved of this portrait because they surely would have said no. I wonder if they're mad? I wouldn't want my likeness butchered on a circulating coin without any say in it.
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Valued Member
Australia
112 Posts |
In Wollongong here, Woolworths near me have gotten bags and bags of these and this is what the self serve checkouts are spitting out along with the womans 20c coin. the coin have the usual bag marks but they are in excellent condition. I always pay with eftpos and withdraw an extra 80c to get them, got over 20!
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Valued Member
Australia
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does this make the coin collectable as nobody just now wants to keep any? Just saying....
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Posted 10/13/2011 03:14 am
