| Author |
 Replies: 36 / Views: 8,725 |
|
|
|
Valued Member
180 Posts |
Dosnt the mint strike coins for other countries as well?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
552 Posts |
Yes it does
Samoa is the most recent addition - they are do a lot of private minting for companies eg medals etc
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
507 Posts |
This is the zoom attempt, along with enhanced contrast and other digital effects, which indicates a Mob of Roos reverse.  while based on the following part of an obverse similarly enhanced leads me to the conclusion that they are likely to be dated 2012  |
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
515 Posts |
http://www.australian-threepence.co...journey.htmlFNQ good job with my smaller pics. I went back to my original huge images and zoomed and cropped there. I was very surprised to see that they were actually minting 2010 mor $1's. Just an aside thought that if the Queen was to pass they could sneak earlier dated coins into circulation without having the waste of melting down and restriking new coins for that year. But we are in 2012 now. 
Edited by the-purple-penny
04/15/2012 5:37 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
515 Posts |
And another zoom and crop of the newly minted $2 barrel. 2010 again.  |
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
515 Posts |
I think the 20c may have been 2011 but this is the best I can do.  |
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
Why on earth would the mint still be minting a 2 year old coin  |
|
Valued Member
Australia
318 Posts |
Possibly still filling an order Trout.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
1244 Posts |
Use the dies till they fail, they want to get value for there money or dies
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
I didnt think they were going to release a 2011 platypus seeing as there are three comms for that year already. Other than 2001 federation 4 reverse designs for one denomination has to be a record? The way they seem to issue NCLT willy nilly seems to be rubbing off on circulation coins as well.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
507 Posts |
Thanks for that purplepenny  It confirms why the RAM took down 2010 mintages from their website mere days after posting them. I'm very surprised that they have used 2010 obverse dies for the $1 when they had already been using 2011 dated dies for the CHOGM coins, so it's would not appear to be a case of any major re-tooling being required. The 20c obverse lower-right of centre does seem to have a clear 2011 date, and after 3 commemorative reverses during the year, with one as late as September, I was expecting the next run of Platypus wouldn't be required until this year (well it is this year - it's just they're using another, less old, die lol). But I do still wonder, as per the MYO coins, why coins can't be produced with the current year on them. |
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
1244 Posts |
For people who are unaware of how coin circulation releases work the 2011 CHOGM was a design releases especially for that event and was at the request of the government- just like the Bradman 20c. For this reason the mint had to produce a certain amount with a time frame and release them into circulation. That's why it was released with the current years date. Otherwise all circulation tender coins are normally stamped with whatever date or dies that they feel like and released into circulation as the banks and security companies require them. The designated amount for 2011 CHOGM is 5 million + coins. I could go into the RAM annual reports and find out the exact number of coins but that would be wasting my time. http://www.chogm2011.org/Resources/...-new-dollarsAnd you probably won't see the 2011 platypus in circulation for a little while longer - months or maybe the end of the year or maybe next year. Although I would love to see it in my change tomorrow. The fact is they store thousands of coins in there vault and they can sit in there for at least a year before being released into circulation. |
|
Pillar of the Community
 Australia
762 Posts |
Quote:
I was very surprised to see that they were actually minting 2010 mor $1's. Well that sux  There I was busily hoarding 2010 $1 thinking that they were a low mintage and it turns out that they are STILL minting them. It almost seems to defeat the purpose of putting a year on them. |
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
I was doing the same thing MOR! I only have 7 so far and am bummed to see them producing more. |
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
507 Posts |
From the Mint (unclassified):
"You may be referring to the drum of 2010 dated coins that was on display during the Enlighten tours. This drum was taken from storage. As you can imagine we make millions of coins each year and many of this is kept in storage until they are needed.
In regards to your questions, there are times when coins are made in the preceding or following year to what it is dated for stock or equipment reasons and it is a generally accepted minting practice."
|
| |
Replies: 36 / Views: 8,725 |
First Page
Posted 04/15/2012 08:41 am
