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Unissued pattern trial of Parliament House...
Hmmm... Guessing here... Value $8-10k?
Hard to say without knowing the condition and not many around to establish past auction results....
One did appear in 2006 -iag auctions, sold for 2600.
Try one of the auction houses, like iag, nobles, downies, etc...
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11/10/2012 06:41 am
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He mite get a Datsun 180b for a car haahahha took it to the mint in canberra about 15 years ago when he was 2 and showed them at the counter they said there were about 20 struck and they had all but 4 and they had now idea they were out in the public
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That is a superb coin. don't muck about with ebay with this . google this bloke up and I am pretty certain he will do his absolute best to get the most for your coin. Walter Eigner Numismatics Or if it is too hard just send it to me and I will add it to my collection of 50 cent coins  |
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This item is strictly a pattern piece.
I have had an example of these in my hand, seen at an auction view day.
About 4 years ago, Jim Noble had one of these up for auction. It had an estimate of $250. I reacted immediately and lodged a proxy bid at $400, then personally attended the auction.
The bidding opened at the estimate, then in a flash rose to $1,600. It was finally sold for $2,200, with 16 1/6% buyer' premium added on.
The basic design is of the Coat Of Arms of Canberra, and has subsequently found it's way (with complete legends) onto the States series 50 cents series, as a circulating coin.
It is anybody's guess what the pattern may bring at auction now, but a track record for this piece has now been established, and is well known in Australian numismatic circles. My guess at a current value would be around $5,000 to $10,000.
Because of the huge price variation the best way of realising the best price for this piece is to auction it. Take it to a leading auction house. Downies, Coinworks or Noble's are who I would recommend. These people are able to expose the coin to buyers that are most likely to have the most money to purchase it in competition.
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11/10/2012 08:51 am
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Just wondering WHY it has the ACT coat of arms and the New parliament house design ( same as the first $5 coin) on this  |
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How did you come to own this one?
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shanew, Please do not type in all caps, it is considered as screaming and rude on a forum to do so
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i bought it I think from jaggars or one of the coin shops about 15 years ago I asked them if they had somthing unusual that mite be worth somthing one day so he sold me this and a run off $5 notes with strange numbers for I think $900
this coin is so lucky we had a house fire about 2 years ago on our farm and lost everthing but this coin was in a old gun safe and the old hot water system had aspetos cover and when it fell over it coverd the old gun safe dead set there was nothing but ashes being in the country it took 1hour and 8 miutes to get the fire trucks here and the only thing we could find was under the old water system
so theres a cool story about how lucky it is to even being around
soryy for typing in caps I had no idea
shane
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I would say $900 is a pretty good buy. Lucky coin that one. If you can afford to hold onto it I would. Rare coins like yours seem to have fairly good appreciation.
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It's in McDonald's catalogue page 135. Suggests a gEF would get $8,500.
IAG Feb 2006 gEF sold for $2,600 + comm
For such a rarity I don't believe a number could be put on it. Put it in a public auction and see where the bidding takes it.
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 . Whatever you decide to do with this coin you will not find better advice than the experts at C.C.F. Congrats on a great story, this is what makes numismatics so much fun.!! |
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not really a 50c, even though struck on a 50c blank...
still nice...
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thanks steve I will see if I can get 50c worth of lollies with it I dont under stand not really a 50c but struck on a 50c it take by your name you are a 50c collector what would be the most valuble 50c to own my boys are now going to collect some 50c to make a set to go with this one can you get a album to house 50c coins in
shane
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Just out of curiosity Steve , how many different 50 cent coins are there  |
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Hi all I put this in the draw 15 years ago I think it would be very rare any thought on what its worth today and what would you do with it what auction to send it to I put it away 15 years ago and said it could pay a deposit on my kids first car and now hes old enough to get a car 
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