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the-purple-penny Pillar of the Community Australia 515 Posts	Posted 04/24/2012 07:14 am I tend to disagree. The 2010 coins imaged were not "on display". They were in the barrels in the production room beyond the "tour" area past the line we weren't meant to cross. A mint worker saw my interest and ushered me (and a friend) over, I quickly snapped the pics and was hastily brought back to the group by security. It was definately not in a designated picture taking area. The 2011 20c were being struck as we watched so no question about that one. The press was hammering away. Edited by the-purple-penny 04/24/2012 07:15 am Report this Post to the Staff
the-purple-penny Pillar of the Community Australia 515 Posts	Posted 04/24/2012 07:36 am Here's the image of the sticker on the outside of the $1 barrel clearly showing it's inventory id, contents, year date and number of coins in the drum. I'm pretty certain I see the packaged on date as 2012. Report this Post to the Staff
joshtammi Valued Member Australia 258 Posts	Posted 04/24/2012 07:47 am I was also present at the tour and can confirm that they were NOT minting 2012 coins, when I was there, they had 50c pieces currently being minted, with the 2011 obverse. we also saw the barrels (though they werent closed off to our group) and they were all 2010 coins, but they said they were taken from storage as well when I queried them. Who knows for sure, but at the time I was there, they were filling a huge order for another country and that was their priority. Of the aussie coins that were being minted, none were 2012. Report this Post to the Staff
Sovereign Debt Valued Member Australia 51 Posts	Posted 04/24/2012 09:36 am Don't forget that there's nothing to stop the mint from melting down a whole year's supply or part (most) thereof of freshly minted coins as they have done in the past in 1983,1984 & probably 1988. I wouldn't throw away any 2010 or subsequent years until I was sure that millions were released into circulation & not just minted. Report this Post to the Staff
FNQ Pillar of the Community Australia 507 Posts	Posted 04/25/2012 06:56 am Thanks for the additional info purple-penny and josh Looks like I'll have to do a bit more investigating... Report this Post to the Staff
Enlil Pillar of the Community Australia 560 Posts	Posted 04/25/2012 8:50 pm Also remember it took 9 and 8 years respectively (1990) to issue 1981-82 20 cent coins. Report this Post to the Staff
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