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A few questions for you all. How long has this series been minted? I saw a picture of the 2007 year of the pig coin somewhere HERE, but it did not look like the ones on ebay. Image below is from ebay. Image:  pigyear.jpg9.24 KB Are these coins put into circulation, or just un-circulated? Why the different pigs? I don't care for the one at ebay. I think it was triggersmob that had a picture, but now I cannot find the post or thread. Thanks for any help you guys/gals can give. LeAnn |
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The lunar series are coins from the Perth Mint and are NCLT - Non Circulating Legal Tender, i.e., you can spend them but why would you after paying a premium for them  http://www.perthmint.com.au/Many of the NCLT $1 from the Royal Australian Mint turn up in our pokie (slot) machines because they look very similar to the circulating variety. http://www.ramint.gov.au/ |
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LeAnn, The picture is in my galley. Here it is again, just for you.  Steve 
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04/19/2007 7:17 pm
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It completely slipped my mind that the RAM also produced lunar coins, including the one picture above.  IMHO the Perth Mint produces the ugly porker  |
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Do you like it BBQ? Start a fire and let the fest bloom.
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Thanks Steve for the picture, nice pig. Is it both gold & silver? Thanks everyone for the links and info, may take me a while to read everything I want, but it will keep me busy and out of trouble. Then I'll probably have dozens of questions. Buy everyone here is really helpful. Thank you!!
LeAnn
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For the Chinese lunar years, the most difficult ones to be pictured are pig and rat. The mails with pig stamps to middle east countries sometime were rejected.
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Rejected...Why? Pigs are very intelligent and very clean, given a chance. The ignorance in that part of the world never ceases to amaze me!
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05/06/2007 6:54 pm
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OMG!!  When I saw that pig move, I thought my eyes were going. Is that from the movie Babe? That's what it reminds me of. I'll take one if it moves on the coin!! I still like the first one from Steve. The bottom one looks like the pig from Charlottes Web. Thanks for the pictures. I love pigs, cows, cats, and all other animals. Living on a farm will do that to you. LeAnn Forgot to ask, whats the aluminum bronze one worth? Anyone got one to sell/trade. I know this should go in members sell/trade section, but then it'd be hard to say which pig I like. If you want, I can also post over there too. LeAnn Edited by LeAnn
04/23/2007 3:00 pm
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LeAnn, I am not sure if the pig is the one from Babe, but yes it does move on the coin. I like animals too, except cats, they make good speed humps. Only joking. The aluminium bronze coin, I think was $12.95 Aus. I don't have a spare to trade, but I did buy one for my wife, because she was born in the year of the pig. If you like I can see if I can buy another and we can organise a trade. Steve
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Steve:
Sounds good to me. My daughter was also born in the year of the pig. She will be 12 this year and I thought it would be a good way to get her into collecting coins rather than spending them. Let me know what you want/need and how much. On the moving pig coin, is it a hollogram or something else? Never seen anything like it before. Thank you.
LeAnn
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Rejected...Why? Pigs are very intelligent and very clean, given a chance. The ignorance in that part of the world never ceases to amaze me!
A little out of topic. As a trained biologist, I came across a theory why pig is considered "unclean". It is because of the typeworm in pig, a parasite, which could cause death if uncooked and parasite egg-harbored pork is eaten. On the other hand, the typeworm in beef is not as bad as the pig parasite. So, the raw beef is considered safer. I was taught it might be the reason. |
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LeAnn, for explanation on how moving pig works, see this site http://www.perthmint.com.au/catalog...ig-coin.aspxWe have a public holiday today, but I will get to the post office in the next few days and see if I can find another coin. I'll let you know. Steve
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No luck so far, LeAnn. I'll keep looking. Steve |
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