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New Member
United States
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Hi everyone, My name is Laci and I am totally new to coin collecting. Actually to be honest I'm not a collector at all, I guess I should give an explanation for that. To make the story as short as possible, my husband worked in Australia a few years ago. He brought back a ton of coins...I'm talking about 5lbs worth...I actually weighed them. My original intention was to take them to the bank and have them exchanged for US currency but then I decided to look them up first. My biggest problem is that I know there are a lot of frauds out there that would take advantage of a woman such as myself that does not know much about Australian coins, at all really, but then I found this forum. Everyone seems to be really straight forward and honest so I thought I would see if anyone might be willing to educate me a bit and help me see if I have any goldmines in my pocket. I know it's not very likely but hey I can hope right? I guess another thing I need to say is that non of these coins were taken care of with any type of special care. They've been in a ziploc baggie in a drawer for over 4 years. So none of these are mint and I don't even want to try to pass them off as such. So I've attached a photo of the 1 dollar coins that I have. I realized that you really cannot see the print on the coin since my camera isn't the best quality, so I've numbered them so if there is one someone would like to see closer I can take a better photo of it. I also put the dates of the coins if that helps at all. Thank you so much in advance for any help anyone can offer me. I know it's a long shot but I thought I would give it a try. Thank you everyone! Laci  |
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Moderator
 United States
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 to CCF.Someone will be along soon to shed some light on your coins for you. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
Welcome to CCF Lacie. As you noted, you are in the right place for answers.
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
You've come to the right place -- but it's nighttime in Australia so you'll have to be patient. Even in circulated condition, there are probably collectors who would want those coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
856 Posts |
If #20 looks like this  it's a British 2 Pence coin. In which case, I have no idea how it made it down to Aus! Not worth a lot, but an interesting find! Edited by Tom Goodheart
03/26/2014 12:52 pm
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you everyone. I'm looking forward to hearing what treasures I may have.
Mr. Goodheart, that is the piece that #20 is! I just realized that the photo is really a terrible one...you can't see anything! I'll see if I can get a clearer on. Now I'm curious as to how he came to own this one.
I'm really interested in hearing what everyone can teach me about these little monies! Thanks again for all your help everyone, it really means a lot!
Laci
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Valued Member
Australia
301 Posts |
Hello Laci, To help speed up your search for info on what they are worth you will find a lot of these on ebay at ebay.com.au That's the Aussie site where you will find most of these advertised with a price range. As I am also new to coins that's about all I can offer you. Regards Sweetap. |
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Valued Member
Australia
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All of those $1 coins are worth $1, they are just everyday coins you would get in change.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
552 Posts |
Nothing of value in your lot
No.20 Looks like girl guide coin 2010
All face value only
Cheers
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Australia
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As others have said, you're not going to find too many people here in Australia interested in paying more than face value for them. Although some of them aren't seen much in change anymore - I haven't seen a Women's Suffrage Centenary dollar (number 12 on your page) for several years - they can all be had fairly easily if you look hard enough. I should also point out that, if banks in America are anything like banks in Australia, then you're going to have a very hard time finding any that will accept your coins for exchange. Most moneychangers will happily take foreign paper money or banknotes, but not coins - they simply aren't worth the trouble. Unless you happen to know somebody who's heading back to Australia in the near future who will buy them off you at the current exchange rate, the only people who will give you close to exchange rate value for them are coin collectors and coin dealers. And most American coin dealers, if my observations-from-afar are anything to judge, will know even less about Australian coins than you do and will either refuse to take them or only offer you world coin poundage rates (like, $5 a pound) for them. Your best bet, for maximizing the amount of money you might get for them, is to put them up individually or in small lots on ebay. But that would require a lot of time and effort on your part, with all the hassle of mailing things out, customer complaints etc that ebay can bring. Meanwhile, I can give you this link to a world coin catalogue database. Just type in the details of each coin you've got - say, "Australia 1988 dollar" - and it'll tell you which types of 1 dollar coin Australia issued in 1988 and how much they should be worth if you were to buy them from a coin dealer in America. Ignore any coins identified as "proof" - those are coins made specifically for collectors and not released into circulation, so you're very unlikely to have any of those. Hope this helps. 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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New Member
United States
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Thank you so much everyone for all your help and insight. I'm really glad I found this forum! My dad is a small time collector, mostly just hand me downs from his family, but he's as lost as me on the Australian coins.
The ones I posted here were just the 1 dollar coins that I have, I have a ton of different coins. What I'm going to do is use the site that Sap gave me and price out what I have. That way I don't have to bother you all with every coin in my collection ;-) If I find one that might be worth something I'll check with you all first.
Sap: Thank you for clearing up the "proof" thing for me. I was actually getting on here to ask what the difference was but I figured it was something super obvious and was a bit embarrassed to ask...be that girl asking the most obvious questions ;-)
Thank again for all your time and help. I'm actually finding that coin collecting is a lot of fun! I never thought anything about it but now that I do a little more research and learn more I'm getting more and more into it...
Thank you!
Laci
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New Member
United States
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Hey again everyone! Okay I priced some of these and these ones I either couldn't find prices for or they were worth more then 10.00 (or so they say) but I wanted to check with everyone first. The dates in order are: 1977 1982 1969 1998 Anyone shed some light on these for me? Thanks again! Laci     |
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Valued Member
Australia
191 Posts |
All those coins are worth 50 cents
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New Member
United States
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Darn. I knew it was a long shot!! Is there a list somewhere that will tell me which coins and years are actually worth something?
Laci
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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When I visited the 'States, I collected a complete type set of States Quarters out of circulation. Lotsa fun. Cost me $12.50.
The U.S. Mint made a profit from me of something like $8, I guess. These I always intended to keep, as a memento of my visit to the U.S.
Back in the Land Downunder, I pick all of the circulating commemorative coins from circulation. Lotsa fun also. I have nearly filled a 2 litre jar with them. They weigh about 7 kilograms. When full soon, I will sort them by denomination and type, and keep the best example of each type. I also picked out any non Aussie coin: mostly older NZ, British and a few U.S., even an aluminum bronze coin from Nepal, same size as an Aussie Two Dollar but a bit thinner.
I will post a report on what I find and how common or rare they are by number, relative to each other.
Other than the examples I will keep, the rest will be released back into circulation. I will pay for fuel for my car with them. I will be able to kid myself that the car is running for free!
The denominations are Fifty Cents, One Dollar and Two dollars. There are very few Commemorative Two Dollar coins that have been released into circulation.
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Valued Member
Australia
301 Posts |
Arr that's cool Sel, I do similar , but at my age I don't go out much anymore so I don't get change for anything as everything is pretty much paid for buy card or online meaning I just don't get the loose change anymore.
But I keep all my coins even the 5 cents , I have them on a large table grouped and stacked in there decades.
But I sort of fixed my loose change problem , LOL I make my wife and 4 children hand there,s over. They always have change. LOL. My girls and wife are excellent they just leave them on the table for me and I have fun with my magnifying glass sorting them.
Just wished I new which ones to keep LOL. some piles (Per year) are double piled so I need to sort the good ones and move the others on to.
But it keeps me busy. I have lots of 20 c and 10 c but not a clue what is worth keeping. Heaps of 50 cents and no 1 and 2 dallars as I just didn't think anyone would collect them. I just thought they were not old enough. But that is not the case. Now I keep them to LOL.
My daughters work at the ANZ and Commonwealth bank. They said they see those purple $2 coins all the time and will get me some. Should be interesting as I haven't seen one as yet.
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