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having trouble getting photos   |
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i hope you all can see and make out this mumbo jumbo ,, kel ,,  |
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These are nicely packaged Kell but they are pretty worn. How much did these cost you? ,if you don't mind me asking  |
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Australia
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trout , that lot cost me $ 27.00 about 40 to 45 years ago before coin collecting became really known ,.if you remember in that time we had the sunday mail and the truth news paper and every sunday the truth always had some sort of stamps or coins for sale .so I bought them through the truth news paper , I think the mob that sold them to me was from the town of crows nest, but dont know if it was qld or nsw there is the same name town in both states .. ,, kel ,,
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 I cant remember their name ,but a lot of members from this and other aust forums should recall the marking on the package , it is a map of australia with a large '' N '' in the middle of the map,. I am sure I have seen them spoken about on this forum somewhere,, about before aust post made first day covers they were put out by private companys and this was one of them .. i also seem to recall something about them being a branch of downies or before downies got started or something to that effect ,.any comments most welcome .. ,, kel ,, |
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that lot cost me $ 27.00 about 40 to 45 years ago before coin collecting became really known ,.if you remember in that time we had the sunday mail and the truth news paper and every sunday the truth always had some sort of stamps or coins for sale .so I bought them through the truth news paper , I think the mob that sold them to me was from the town of crows nest, but dont know if it was qld or nsw Crikey mate that was a heap of money back then, equivalent of 2 days roustabout's wages ( I was in high school back then and would rousty on the weekends). You would have thought that they would have had access to far better grade coins in them early years and put them in the sets they sold. Nice bit of history in there tho  |
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The "N" Logo looks very similar to what Nuphil used in the late '60s.
M R Roberts, Sherwoods and Stanley Gibbons also produced these type
of sets. Sherwoods was probably the better looking product in cardboard.
They didn't come in Self Adhesive 2X2's back then.
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07/21/2012 08:47 am
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Did you happen to buy them during the silver peak?
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trout1105: Coin 2 looks to be almost a three full stepper. Nice coin!
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Coin 2 looks to be almost a three full stepper Well spotted Sel That is the reason I bid so high on this coin  These are so hard to get with a good strike on the steps |
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ford prefect , mate you got it in one ,, nuphil -sherwood was the name , as soon as you said it it rang a large bell in my head ..
now for the puzzle ,
the 3 of them are in self sticky 2x2 not staples , but the 1927 was taken out of the 2x2 by me on thursday to try and get a better pic then put back into a 2x2 staple straight away , first time touched since I bought them .. ford p you said late 60,s well that would be about right as I got married in 1961 and it was after I was married for a few years I starting cllecting coins , so it would be closer to 50 years ,..if there were no self ah 2x2 them days they must have used glue because I had to destroy the 2x2 to get it out ..
,, kel ,,
,, kel ,,
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07/21/2012 9:25 pm
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as you can see , the picture with the 3 together are in 2x2 s ah not stapled , I am now going to take the 27 out again and try 2 get some better pictures to show . ,,kel ,,
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trying to work out better pic I hope this helps a little .. ,, kel  |
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trying to work out better pic
I hope this helps a little ..
Nice pic's try and get some of the ends of the mace's and the shell at the top of the design, also the steps leading into parliament house. Then take some of the crown and the orb at the top of the crown on the obverse. |
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trout , what is the mace,s?
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