Coins Of New Zealand 1965 Selected Coins Cleaned F. Mint !

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GEKO Valued Member United States 136 Posts	Posted 08/27/2013 2:18 pm Today I decided to give some TLC to one of my coinsets and seal it away. I had it for a while. Its the last issue of New Zealand Coins before they switched to decimal. I did not notice it because they where sealed. When I took them out I was stunned !! These according to the label of the seal where selected coins made by The Royal Mint london and issued by the treasury Wellington. Take a look I mean whos idea was that !!!! So someone before they sealead away these coins obviously cleaned them they pretty much all have it to some degree except the 3 and 6 pence I just cant believe it !! I tried looking online to see if that happened to someone else but couldnt find anything. Pretty funny... Made my day Report this Post to the Staff

Pertinax Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2133 Posts	Posted 08/27/2013 6:23 pm If the coins were sealed, how could they have been cleaned ? Report this Post to the Staff
GEKO Valued Member United States 136 Posts	Posted 08/27/2013 6:57 pm I was thinking the same. I cut the set open today, mmmh.... I dont know how it happened but obviously especially the florin is full of hairlines. It is also short on luster Report this Post to the Staff
serial Pillar of the Community Australia 539 Posts	Posted 08/27/2013 7:33 pm that is a NZ mint set from 1965. I have a couple and they are cool. not cleaned at all just well packed so that they do not tarnish.... until someone opens the pack you night want to seal those puppies in mylar unless you want them to tarnish linky for you http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-ZEALAND...047675.l2557 Report this Post to the Staff
GEKO Valued Member United States 136 Posts	Posted 08/27/2013 7:45 pm Well I did so :) But why the heck those hairlines ? Report this Post to the Staff
austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 08/28/2013 11:21 am Quote: But why the heck those hairlines ? Its just a circulation set. I guess you guys would call the coins mint state. However at the time those sets were produced they were regarded as just souvenirs not really collecting material. There was no real care taken with the coins, they were just taken from the bag they were literally dropped into after striking and put in the plastic. The same sort of thing happened with the Waitangi Crown in 1935(& 1936) as they came out of the press they were dropped into the collecting bag/bucket so a great many of that coin are bag marked. On the sets I wouldn't even be surprised if the mint workers gave them a good rub with a cloth before they stuck them in the plastic. I actually find them pretty uninteresting( Familiarity breeding contempt?) they will never be very valuable as there were heaps made( Not the Waitangi Crown of course) Report this Post to the Staff
GEKO Valued Member United States 136 Posts	Posted 08/28/2013 2:37 pm More like doo-doo state. they could have at least not rub them. It also looks like iron wool was used rather than a cloth. Oh well :) The Waitangi Crown Certainly has a low mintage and there are 2 issues proof and regular. Even in this case they just dropped the non proofs into a bin ? Report this Post to the Staff
austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 08/28/2013 2:41 pm I'll have to check my references but I believe even the first group of proofs were treated abysmally. There were complaints hence a second striking in 1936. Report this Post to the Staff
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