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Valued Member
Australia
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The great thing about being into coins and moving to a new country is a whole new area opens up to you.  I have just read about the NZ-Bahama 2c/5c mule. Now I want one.  Anyone have any additional info or thoughts?  Moved to World Coins forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I may be wrong, but I think that a lot were given to the New Zealand Numismatic Society, so you should probably be looking for an uncirculated one.
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Australia
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Get one in UNC condition. Take your time getting one, because some prices are a little high. You should be able to get one for around $50 Australian. I added a nice one to my collection for $47 about a year ago so there still are bargains. I guess it all depends on what they are "really" worth.
Markn & purplepenny should be able to give you a fairly accurate price that you'd be paying.
I always wonder if mules were created on purpose...you have to wonder, don't you?
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Valued Member
Australia
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It does seem plausible that they were created on purpose.
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Valued Member
 Australia
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Goatieman,
I believe you are right. Thanks for the info on prices too. Purplepenny has one for 299. PCGS 64. I want to set it free but that is a little out of my price range. Patience it is.
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Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Though "Bahama Islands" is the actual country name on the coin, they're usually classified as "New Zealand" coins, because it was while making NZ 2 cent coins that the error occurred, and it was in NZ where they turned up in change.
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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They are reasonably famous, but not all THAT rare! No bid deal really. I have one in Unc., but they are never found in less than EF. They are the result of an honest mistake or human error, whatever you choose, by staff at The Royal Mint. Actually, The Royal Mint was very prone to making mistakes at this period in time. About 80,000 of them were made, the mistake was discovered just after they were all issued into circulation. They were all recovered by the New Zealand Public reasonably quickly. The Royal Mint was executing orders for both New Zealand and the Bahama Islands at the same time, and a New Zealand 2 cent reverse die was paired with a Bahama Islands obverse die into a coining press. I would spend some time checking around on the 'Net regarding prices, before committing to buy one. Years since I checked the market price, but I think $300 may be too much. |
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Here's mine - bought it cheap a couple of years ago. Can't remember the price off the top of my head.  Nasty fingerprint but again, I'm pretty sure it was a steal for what I paid for. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Valued Member
Australia
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As always, great information and help mates. Will keep looking for this one. I like it a lot. Cheers
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Valued Member
Australia
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ebay 230771171317I wish the seller would respond to my email. Who sells a coin showing only one side? Also, I thought ebay had a new policy on for serials for TPGs? Anyway it looks nice.
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I picked up a full red one here in Auckland today for $40 Australian. Pics when I arrive back home.
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07/02/2012 04:23 am
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