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Australia
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Is there a resource where I can get a list of every coin that was in circulation in a specific year? I have been picking off a few from the local coin shop and from e-bay in the last month. I have a fair idea of the task in front of me but a list would be nice! Trying to get decent coins (aUnc and above). Anybody else insane enough to attempt this,  or have you already done it!  |
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 United States
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I am attempting the same "Birth Year Set". I have US mint sets, a Canadian PLS, 1 Irish Penny, and 2 UK coins. I have sent emails to a company for Australian coins, and I have 1 Italian coin in route from another CCF member.  |
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Valued Member
 Australia
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I will start a set of 1968 Australian coins, will see what I manage to come up with. Once my post count gets up a bit we could do a trade?
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United States
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sure, we could trade. What year are you looking for?
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Valued Member
Australia
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1971 :-) Glad I wasn't born in 1930. The Australian penny would have killed me!
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United States
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I will look for 1971's in my change.
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United States
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Are you only wanting coins that actually circulated or mint state coins are okay?
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Valued Member
Australia
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I have some American ones already from my travels, plus I have bought a couple on e-bay. Will need to look up my list...
edit : I am after aUnc or greater, failing that, anything with a date ;-)
Edited by dibby33
10/16/2011 05:34 am
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Australia
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I just crunched the numbers on my coin database. Apparently, though I have over a hundred coins from my birth year, I have fewer coins from my birth year than I have from the years on either side of it. So apparently, it's not a major collecting theme of mine.  As for a program or website that can help you out, no, I'm not aware of one that instantly gives you a list of all the coins that were made in a certain year. You could try the trick I suggested in another recent thread on the subject: go to a world coin database website like this one on NGC and in the general search line, type a letter of the alphabet, and the date. The drop-down list will then give you all the coins issued by countries with "A" in their name, issued in that date. Repeat for each letter of the alphabet and you should eventually obtain an entire list. (You might need to add extra letters for the bottom half of the alphabet to see them all). One thing that might help you is if you can obtain copies of the old Australian Coin Review dating from that period. Back in the 70s, world coins were all the rage, and ACR would publish monthly lists of new coin issues from around the world they were aware of. To get a complete list of coins for 1971, you'd probably want to see copies from mid-1971 to 1973. News travelled slowly back then. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thanks Sap. That list will be good enough I think. Just a pile of copy and paste and I have it :-)
btw :what are you using for a Database. I am currently at the start of developing one.
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France
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If any of you is on a mac, I would recommend Bento which is elegant and easy to use (it's not made for coin, but it's easy to make a nice template - or I can share mine).
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Australia
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I use Primasoft PC "Coin Organizer Deluxe". I only picked it because it was the programme that was best able to properly translate the format from the database programme I had used previously, at the time I needed it (back in 2004). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Australia
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I am starting to think that this might get a little bit expensive! Oops.
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United States
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My Birth Year SetI currently have: U.S. Proof and Mint sets, Irish Penny, the Canadian Proof-like set, UK 5 & 10 Pence, German 10 Pfennig, and Mexico 50 Centavos. I have on order: Greece 10 Drachmai, Hungary 20 Filler, Italy 10 Lire, Poland 10 Groszy, Syria 1 Pound, and Zambia 10 Nqwee Bohur Reedbuck. Once I have them to check sizes, I will put together a DIY album for display.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi Fuz, I see you have the bug also. I got a Poland 10 in the post today - he looks like a pinochio before the nose lengthens :-) Love it.
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Valued Member
Australia
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I have a box of world coins - I will have a look for 1968, to be honest I forgot. Nice to have a partner in crime...
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Posted 10/16/2011 04:08 am
