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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Back when the Aussie $ was affordable I could buy large lots of 10 kilos of predecimal coppers from Oz and have them shipped to the USA. I bought one lot from a seller in Melbourne that had about 660 pennies in it, dated from 1912 on up into 1964. The amazing thing was the variety of dates, and especially all the mintmarks. Until I bought that lot I had never really researched them before, and had no idea how many mints and mintmarks there were for Aussie coins.
Frankly that became the allure of them, the sheer variety. My fave is a 1933 overdate that a friend there sent me. Sometime I want to sort them all out and catalog them all by date and MM.
I really don't have a lot of halfpennies, and a few more silver coins that are mostly leftover from my father's time in Perth.
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Valued Member
United States
367 Posts |
im not a horder but I think I have around 50 coins from aussie hehe which three of them are half pennies... I would help cataloge them if u lived close!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've got lots of spares in Aussie Predecimal, but I wouldn't call it a hoard.
Downies sometimes offers kilo lots of predecimal copper at pretty decent prices. I was happy with the lot I bought last fall.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Yes well I have a kilo or two of pennies and halfpennies tucked away for a rainy day. One day I will finish sorting them out
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Scottishmoney, I'm in Perth. Where did your Father live when he was here? BM1947, can you send me a 1930 and 1946 please. LOL Steve 
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Australia
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 United States
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I have no earthly idea. All I care about is the coins that came back. |
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Valued Member
Australia
206 Posts |
I've been collecting Oz copper for a few years and it's not just the different dates and mint marks, there are also a couple of different die pairings for some dates in the series. The 1931 Indian mint die obverse with a dropped 1 in the date on the reverse is the rarest. A mintage of 20- 50 is the hot tip.
Some these different die pairings have been referred to as mules in recent times, but have my reservations if they were indeed unintended die pairings or not
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Australia
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Valued Member
Australia
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The 31 dropped Indian obverse is a rarity indeed, however the 1920 dot above bottom scroll [Sydney Mint], London obverse,is even rarer with 3 known and rumours of maybe another 2.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Oh, that's right gnome, totally forgot about that 1. On this subject is there a genuine 1930 penny London obverse penny?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see them all the time in the dealers scratch tray usualy for around $1.00 or $.50 US
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Valued Member
Australia
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In regards to the 1930 penny, I believe there are 2 obverses used, the London and the Indian.
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Member
United States
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I have a 1943 with a die crack over the kangaroo and I only payed 55 cent for I love the roo on the reverse
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Australia
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G'day Amac44, that 'roo remains popular with all Aussies old enough to remember it.
You'll see another, smaller 'roo, hopping in the opposite direction, on halfpennies of the same era.
The 'roos were last issued in 1964.
And the 'roo on QANTAS was very similar for many years, but in recent times, she has become more "artistic".
I see you are "USARMY retired". I don't know if you've had much to do with the Australian Army, but they emblazon the 'roo, hopping as on the penny, an anything they want to be recognizably Oz. And all Royal Australian Air Force aircraft carry a red kangaroo.
George KRUGER-GRAY's design will be 70 years old next year, and it continues to serve us well. A lot of us hoped it would adorn the dollar coin introduced in 1984, but instead, the government chose the "Mob of 'Roos", with five 'roos, in various postures: clearest example of inflation that I could imagine !
Peter in Oz
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Rest in Peace
Australia
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Great post Peter, enjoyed the info.
regards,
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Posted 07/25/2007 05:19 am
